Eye Brands

[Paladin]

Well, look here what I just found! Thank you Bryan.
Muskrat Man had told me he was trying to get this done, so my thanks to him also, he got 'er done!
This is a brand I have held in high regard since I got my first one. It was a gift from an aging neighbor and had belonged to her deceased husband. I must have cleaned and skinned several hundred deer with it by now.
I began seriously trying to put a collection together when I found eBay in about 1992. It was Eye Brand heaven for old Eyes back then.
Enough about me. I am going to post a picture of my oldest Eye Brand. Maybe we can get a little discussion going.

Ray

[muskrat man]

Very nice old eyes Ray! I regretfully sold my oldest eye, and probably my rarest recently on impulse. Here is a pic of it. I like the looks of that little stubby jack.

[DR_MAGOO]

Nice knives. I only have one and it is not very old.

[Paladin]

Nice one Dr M. I am going to post a couple more I have. These are fairly uncommon knives in that they were part of an effort to introduce a line of Eye Brands that was made in Japan. I have no idea as to how many were made but they don't surface too often. Schlieper put the name EYE XL on them and I can only guess that those at Wostenholm didn't take it too well.

[coondawg37]

i have carl schlieper sodbuster with rosewood handles it has #99 on blade with no eye on handle could anyone help me with the year model of this knife . i dont know much about eye brand knive , thanks coondawg 37

[Paladin]

First,
WELCOME to the AAPK forum, Coondawg!!
It is almost always hard to make an age determination without a photo. But, what I can tell you is that Schlieper began putting pattern numbers, 99 in your case, on the tangs in 1979. The truth is, and as a general rule, I probably couldn't get any closer if I had a photo as Eyes can only be dated in a range of years. They are not like Case knives with their system of dots. There were a couple of years in the mid-1980s where they put the year into the etch, but other than that not much to go on other than tang stamps, shields and such. One other thing is that I know almost nothing about the newer Eyes, that being those coming in the late 1980s to present.

Ray

[coondawg37]

thanks i will post a pic as soon as i get my cord fixed , i have 5 eyes my dad got in germany in ww2 but this one stumped me with the number 99 on it .
thanks coondawg37

[Paladin]

Coondawg,
If you have Eyes dating back that far, I would almost be willing to send you my camera for a look at them.
Please post them when you are able.

[muskrat man]

Coondawg,
If you have Eyes dating back that far, I would almost be willing to send you my camera for a look at them.
Please post them when you are able.

Ummm, i've got a spare camera

[coondawg37]

i will post the as soon as i can

[steveo_953l]

Really some great looking Eye Brands Guys

coondawg I would love to see some real old ones

This is one of my favorites

[justold52]

I am enjoying this. Every photo and knife just gets better.

I am adding one not many see. Well that is what I am told.

Eye Brand Jim Bowie Stag Carl Schlieper 4 13/16 "

[ronnie]

Can you guys tell me how old this eye is? The only other markings are on the blade itself that is faded. It appears to say "premium Quality" with another Eye on it

[Paladin]

That tang stamp dates from the mid-to-late 1970s until 1981.

[ronnie]

Thank you sir...

[tjmurphy]

I have only one also:

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[muskrat man]

I have only one also:

ebay eye1.jpg

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ebay eye3.jpg

I've got a dozen of it's 3 eye trapper brothers over here, I'll hold onto it for you so it don't get lonely

[StevieRay]

I have only one also:

ebay eye1.jpg

ebay eye2.jpg

ebay eye3.jpg

I've got a dozen of it's 3 eye trapper brothers over here, I'll hold onto it for you so it don't get lonely

I have owned several of the "three eyed" German Eyes, key word being "have". I was never familiar with the age of these knives. Are the Eye brand knives older if they have 3 eyes on them? Approximately how old are they?
I may be sick when I find out the answer.

My grand dad always carried a German Eye. I guess that is why I like them extremely well.

[muskrat man]

Most 3 eyes date from 60's up until 1981 I believe