Anton Wingen Jr knives

[Porky1016]

Anyone have any information on an Anton Wingen Jr Othello stag handle fixed blade knife? I bought 3 knives online and 1 is as stated. I know nothing about that brand. How old would the knife be? Any idea of it's value and are they quality knives?

[1967redrider]

They are sweet knives, but you would have to post a picture because condition is everything.

[btrwtr]

Knife could be made as recently as the 1990's. In my experience these knives are not as well made as American made fixed blades like the older Remington, KA-BAR, Case and the like and accordingly they have less value.

[orvet]

I love Anton Wingen knives. They are very well made knives and they usually have some very nice stag on them. I've had one or two of their folders which are a little harder to come by and are made just as well as their fixed blades.
In fact, I was at a gun show today and picked up another Anton Wingen fixed blade. It has nice stag on it, but a little bit of pitting on the mark side tang. I'll get some pictures and post it in the next day or two.

[kootenay joe]

If you collect German cutlery Anton Wingen Jr. is one of the more collectible brands. Note that "collectible" does not equate to 'best made'. I have owned a few Wingen knives but have never used one so i don't know how well they sharpen or edge hold.
kj

[Wonderboy]

Here is an example of an Anton Wingen Jr. fixed blade. This one I picked up 15 years ago or so and it was really rusty and crusty but wet or dry paper and elbow grease made a pretty good looking knife of it. I re-handled it with a chunk of walnut from a broken Browning shotgun stock because I'm not a fan of fat knife handles or dirty stag. I would entertain ideas on how to clean up that old handle to re-use it. This Anton Winger Jr. knife is, I believe, a very well made knife and should have a lot of work left in it.

[1967redrider]

Murph had a few of the nicest Wingen folders I have ever seen;
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I think they used pretty quality Stag.

[1967redrider]

Here's some stag fixed blades I've picked up over the years, one is a double knife set.

Stamped: Othello, Solingen Germany
Anton Wingen Jr, Solingen Germany
A. Wingen Jr, Solingen-Germany
Ideal Shirt Co., Made In Germany

They have the same type of pommel nut used by Marble's.

[orvet]

Here is my most recent A. Wingen Othello knife. Just couple quick pics from the shop. I haven't had time to clean it yet, I have only had it for a few days.

[1967redrider]

Nice stag on that one, Dale.

[knife7knut]

Here are a couple of AW knives including an OTF gravity knife that was given to me by the curator of the Salem(Mass)Witch Museum.Workers found it hidden inside a wall when they were doing renovations there. I wonder what stories that one could tell! No blood on it so I don't think it was a murder weapon.

[Dkreg93]

Hi so I recently obtained a anton wingen solingen knife that destroyed seem to fit his typical style and would like to fndoutsome more about It, so instead of stags on the blade it has a small knight and then a small crown and then just random patterns ill post a picture of it on here thanks

[1967redrider]

Hi so I recently obtained a anton wingen solingen knife that destroyed seem to fit his typical style and would like to fndoutsome more about It, so instead of stags on the blade it has a small knight and then a small crown and then just random patterns ill post a picture of it on here thanks

My guess is it was a carving knife. Pretty sweet, hope you can fix 'er up.