Need Pre-1981 German Eye Photos

[Handlewithcare]

Would anyone be able to post some photographs of some of the more difficult German Eye patterns to locate, or your two or three favorite Eyes? I am only interested in seeing three eye or earlier knives please.

Sorry for being so long between posts, life got in the way.

[tongueriver]

These are all very large; the biggest bone stockman is a full 5 1/2 inches closed. The others approach 5 inches closed.

[kootenay joe]

What is the significance of "pre 1981" ?
Calvin how do you know that your jumbo sized Eye Brand folders were made before 1981 ?
I have always found it difficult to give specific dates for the Eye Brand knives.
kj

[tongueriver]

I am not sure that they are pre-1981 but they are certainly on older vintage than ones with the different shield, and often, less detailed etches and stamps. There are at least two members here that know more about them than I do.

[Handlewithcare]

Pre 1981 would represent most of the Three Eye variations and the most valuable and collectible types of German Eyes. That’s my personal interest, and why I chose that cutoff for my study.

Thanks for the photographs!

[Handlewithcare]

Toungueriver, is the single blade photo double etched? It looks like an etch over an etch. Can you send a picture of the entire knife and the pile side tang stamp?

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[tongueriver]

Toungueriver, is the single blade photo double etched? It looks like an etch over an etch. Can you send a picture of the entire knife and the pile side tang stamp?

download/file.php?id=523198&mode=view

The pile side stamp is shown. It is RUSTLESS. There is no double etch; What you see is an artifact from a flatbed scanner which horribly renders any metal that has any shininess.

[luckydog64]

Here is a straight line Carl Schlieper Fan Brand only one I have seen which only been looking for last few years.

[Eye Brand Man]

Here is a straight line Carl Schlieper Fan Brand only one I have seen which only been looking for last few years.

What’s the closed length? Love the fan brand etch. I only have a couple. There sure hard to come by.

[luckydog64]

It is 3 3/8 closed. Hard to see but tang is straight line Carl Schlieper over Solingen.

[luckydog64]

Here is a small stockman pattern all 3 should be 3 eyes or pre 81.

[luckydog64]

4 inch stockman

[luckydog64]

5 inch stockmans

[luckydog64]

5 1/2 inch stockman, not as nice as Calvins but feel lucky to have it.

[luckydog64]

A few more.