All About Pocket Knives

Its been a year since anyone has posted in this thread. I would guess TPK your knife has doubled in value now. Here is a 3 eye canoe I picked up.

A 5 1/4 inch whittler. The yellow handle one is 3 1/4 inch.

I don't know if this pocket knife should be posted here or not, but I didn't want to create a new thread for it. I very recently obtained this pocket knife in a group of five pocket knives that I purchased. I did NOT buy the lot to get this particular knife. It is a single blade, 3 3/4" closed, 6 7/8" open, all metal, lockback pocket knife. It is stamped STAINLESS on the handle. It is stamped SOLINGEN on the bottom. It has two tang stamps. One tang stamp says STAINLESS and the other tang stamp is the "EYE" logo (with NO wording). It actually looks just like a smaller version of the MERCATOR K55ꓘ and similar pattern/style pocket knives. I'm not positive that this is a legitimate "EYE BRAND." I'm not 100% sure of the country of origin for this pocket knife. I'm hoping it's GERMANY, but if it's JAPAN, that's ok too. It's in GREAT condition, well made and required no cleaning. I took some pictures and here it is.
Click on a picture to ENLARGE.

I think it is a legitimate Eye Brand knife made in Solingen. It could be a contract knife made by Mercator for Schlieper.
kj

kootenay joe wrote: ↑Sat Jun 19, 2021 1:05 am I.....

Thank you Roland.
I was leaning towards it being legit.
Either way, it's still a nice piece of cutlery.

Believe KJ has it nailed. Classic Mercator type knife. Not a typical pattern in the Schlieper lineage of cutlery. Interesting find, though. Most Mercator knives that I have seen or owned were definitely not stainless. A good one to pique more interest.

Joe D.

EyeBJoe wrote: ↑Sat Jun 19, 2021 1:53 am Believe.....

Thank you Joe.

New to the forum. Could anyone help provide an age for this German Eye knife? Thanks.

I have a question that I hope someone on the forum can answer. I have two Olsen jumbo swing guard folders. I have seen the identical knife marked Carl Schlieper over the years. Was this a contract knife made by Schlieper, or did Olsen of Gemany make these for Carl Schlieper?

Let's see if I can sort this out for response.... The brass multi-blade dates from the 1950s to the early 1970s using the tang stamp. This stamp was used again later but I believe this one is from the earlier time frame.

The Olsens were almost surely made by Schlieper. The ones I have owned had too many similarities not to have been made by Schlieper.

Ray

Thank you for the info, Paladin

Here is a cool one I found a short while back. Mongo stockman.

Here is couple pieces. I have a Jim Bowie 72-75 stockman, Carl office knife 50-65, and also a Carl Straight razor 50-65 all in which have yellow handles.

kossetx wrote: ↑Sun Oct 03, 2021 10:47 pm Here is a cool one I found a short while back. Mongo stockman.big eye 2.jpgbig eye 3.jpgbig eye 1.jpg

That’s a nice piece and talk about a big knife

Here's an old big trapper, a regular pale yellow trapper and a novelty gun shaped one that is a little risky closing because you push the hammer to unlock the blade and your finger is in a really bad spot. Works kind of like a cigar cutter.____Dave

djknife13 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 31, 2022 1:47 am Here's an old big trapper, a regular pale yellow trapper and a novelty gun shaped one that is a little risky closing because you push the hammer to unlock the blade and your finger is in a really bad spot. Works kind of like a cigar cutter.____Dave

Good stuff, Dave! Thanks for posting.

Ray

I couldn't pass up this old warhorse. Main blade used up, but profiled into a wharnie. Sharpened up razor sharp in no time. Going into the EDC rotation.

A fine old 3 Eye knife with the old style shield.
As you say, a great old warhorse.

Ray

Could anyone give me an idea of date on this congress? picked it up recently for the collection but not real familar with this kinda shield . thanks for looking

Dansword wrote: ↑Thu Feb 13, 2025 2:25 pm Could anyone give me an idea of date on this congress? picked it up recently for the collection but not real familar with this kinda shield . thans for looking

A great pick up.

Also picked this one up a while back , cannot find anything about it . All i know is its a 425y carl schlieper german eye . was told from guy i got it from its called a diamondback pattern but cant find anything about them . would anyone know a date made or possbile value in todays market

According to Clarence Risner the round shield came into use in the late 1980s. The pattern numbers first showed up in 1979.
That should give you a date range from which to work.

Ray

Paladin wrote: ↑Thu Feb 13, 2025 4:02 pm According to Clarence Risner the round shield came into use in the late 1980s. The pattern numbers first showed up in 1979.
That should give you a date range from which to work.

Ray

Thank you !

Here’s a Schlieper knife I’ve had for maybe 25 years plus. Not a folder, but I wanted to show it anyway. I’m going to call it a fighting knife for lack of a better term. Unsharpened including no factory edge or bevel. Dull as a, well you know….
Froe

I got this last night from my grandmother, it was from my grandfather's collection.