challenge cutlery co?? ID this knife?

[misterman]

Hello yall, new here,
Ive been a collector for a few years now but never heard of this company. Can some one give me the possible age of this knife, also some history of the company would be great!!!

[patch1]

misterman.
Could you post a clear picture of the tang stamps? There are 3 possible Challenge Cutlery listings.
1. Sheffield B.J. Eyre Co 1867-1877
2. Germany Wiebusch & Hilger 1877-1891
3. Bridgeport CT Wiebusch & Hilger 1891-1928
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[Roush428r]

misterman.
Could you post a clear picture of the tang stamps? There are 3 possible Challenge Cutlery listings.
1. Sheffield B.J. Eyre Co 1867-1877
2. Germany Wiebusch & Hilger 1877-1891
3. Bridgeport CT Wiebusch & Hilger 1891-1928
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You can probably rule out the first two based on the dates and the design of the knife. Photo of the markings will be important. The handle style looks very 1950's ish German export knife to me.

[misterman]

thanks for the reply!

my camera is not high quality so its all blury but it reads:

challenge
cutlery co
sheffield
england

just like that, will attempt to take more photos when im off work thanks!!!

[tjmurphy]

Here is what Goins Encyclopedia lists:

[knifegirl888]

Here is a link from the Knife Lore page on this site.

http://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/kni ... 35&t=17272

Challenge did make bowie type knives. If you search Challenge Sheffield in completed ebay auctions, you can get an idea of the value.