K C Company of Germany

richied · Post by **richied** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 10:30 pm

has anyone heard of " K C company of Germany. I found a antler handled two prong fork or meat server

jonet143 · Post by **jonet143** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 12:31 am

hey richied, i looked thru my books of knife mfgrs, but nothing with k c. possibilities are great.

i found lots of companys from germany that could have used those initials.

richied · Post by **richied** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 2:41 am

this is what I found in my barn when I moved here four years ago. The handle was bleached white and the metal was heavily rusted. I've worked on it the last two days and got it to look like this. That's when I saw it stamped with K C Co
Germany

Ringmaster · Post by **Ringmaster** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 4:20 am

Outstanding post, Richied !

I can't really offer any knowledge, about the fork, except to say that it's excellent. K C Co. ? Everybody's thinking _____ Cutlery Co, and they're probably right. But, what about Kissing Cranes ? At any rate, my unqualified guess is late 40's - early 50's.

Post-war Germany was a mess, if the fork was made pre-war, the records were blown up - if it were immediately post-war, no records were kept. I've even owned knives that were stamped "Middle Germany". Never did figure out who actually made them. Nice knives, tho - wish I'd kept one.

Whatever the case, you've got a keeper, in my opinon. The last Lindner catalog I have shows a slicer, that would be a nice match. Wouldn't that be an impressive carving set, at Thanksgiving, or Christmas ?

Take Care,
JR

Paladin · Post by **Paladin** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 2:29 pm

Kastor maybe?? K & Co was a stamping used by Kastor.

remington collector · Mon Aug 06, 2007 10:32 pm

I see a listing for King Cutlery Co. of Germany,

XxBubbaXx · Post by **XxBubbaXx** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 6:04 pm

Man i just passed up a chance to buy a fork and knife set just like that!