Old Advertising & Premium Knives
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That's interesting. I know the woman that gave me the knife worked for Bayer before she moved to the U.S. I had done a bunch of work around her house and plowed her driveway during the winter for 20 years. She found out I collected knives so she gave me this one. I know Henckels made one as well.knife7knut wrote:The one I have is by F.Bronsmann. One reason I started researching the knife is the additional names on the knife.The main part says(in Spanish I think)"Productos Pharmaceuticos" Bayer-Meister Lucius and on one end in a circle,"Meister Lucius bruning Hoechst".wazu013 wrote:I saw one of these in Ray's pics and remembered I have one. This one is made by Wilhelm Kayser for Bayer's pesticide division. I got it from a nice old German lady.
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Came across a quite interesting reprise of the Bayer history. It was a part of a huge business conglomerate Krupp which included Bayer;Agfa BASF;GAF;and many smaller companies. Bayer was noted for a number of innovations;among them the introduction of heroin as a substitute for morphine around 1910. Strangely it was first introduced into children's cough syrup(!)and was not removed until 1971(!)
It was also credited with various pesticides and also the infamous Zyclon B gas which was used in the gas chambers during WWII. Another WWII innovation was another synthetic substitute for morphine known as methadone which is in wide use today as a weaning off drug for heroin addicts. As an aside the technical name for methadone is Dolophine which was named for..........drum roll: Adolph Hitler!
There was also many references to ties with American businessmen during the war but if one wants they can look that up on line.
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Here's one of my Father's old knives.
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Great thread Dimitri. All of these knives are Remington and either have a blade etch advertising or a handle stamp or a shield advertising.
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That's a mighty fine looking collection of advertising knives 77, thanks for sharing.
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I picked up this "advertiser" at the local flea market today. It is kind of unusual for advertisers in that like none of the other knives pictured on this thread, there is no etching or printed advertising on the knife itself. The box is printed on one side "Managing for Profit" Dow Chemical USA Agricultural Products Department, and the belt sheath is embossed on the flap with "DOW", but the knife itself is not marked with anything other than the standard Imperial Frontier markings. It is marked 4515 Imperial stainless USA on the back of the blade, and is unused new in the box from 1977.
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Beautiful Remingtons! I especially like the interframe in the second pic. Thanks for posting them.
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Thanks k7k, that one is pretty nice. It's my opportunity to make a little poke at the CASE collectors.
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Thanks BillBWT wrote:That's a mighty fine looking collection of advertising knives 77, thanks for sharing.
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Thanks Keithespn77 wrote:Great thread Dimitri. All of these knives are Remington and either have a blade etch advertising or a handle stamp or a shield advertising.
Wow! That's quite an assortment of advertising knives I don't think I ever seen that White Mule shield before
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Lots of cool advertising knives in this thread and thanks for starting it Dimitri ... Honestly I don't have one in my collection so I am enjoying this photo show...
Keith - Just a super display of all Remington Advertising knives ... I guess Reminghton loved that part of the business ...
Keith - Just a super display of all Remington Advertising knives ... I guess Reminghton loved that part of the business ...
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Here's an old premium offer to get a free knife from Lion Coffee.
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I have many Old Advertising knives. Here are a few of my most interesting ones.
This one was made in Solingen Germany by GIV-A-GIFT.
Perhaps it's a salesman sample being that there is no advertiser listed. You open the master blade and the two advertising views change to a new view. Very inventive. Here is a older Ulster U.S.A. RCA Tubes most likely a advertising giveaway. Another RCA Advertiser, a letter opener with a miniature "Electron Tube" within the handle. In 1920 RCA began the first commercial "Electron Tube" manufacturing, also called "Vacuum Tubes."
I have seen ballpoint pens with pictures that change when you invert them but I have never seen them in other items before. They are normally referred to as "Floaties"
This one was made in Solingen Germany by GIV-A-GIFT.
Perhaps it's a salesman sample being that there is no advertiser listed. You open the master blade and the two advertising views change to a new view. Very inventive. Here is a older Ulster U.S.A. RCA Tubes most likely a advertising giveaway. Another RCA Advertiser, a letter opener with a miniature "Electron Tube" within the handle. In 1920 RCA began the first commercial "Electron Tube" manufacturing, also called "Vacuum Tubes."
I have seen ballpoint pens with pictures that change when you invert them but I have never seen them in other items before. They are normally referred to as "Floaties"
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Unusual ones Dan, I especially like that floating radio tube letter opener!
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Thanks Dimitri.
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Here's an old bartenders knife.
Advertising Julius Kayser, German wines.
It is stamped "SCOF France".
Advertising Julius Kayser, German wines.
It is stamped "SCOF France".
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In the world of advertising, it doesn't get much better than a Slotkowski Sausage knife!!
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