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old whittler info needed

Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2011 10:47 pm
by bigdaddys8ball
ok lets try this im appolagize for hijacking someones post earyler so ill start my own i picked up this little knife off the bay i had never heard of the name on it the knife has some really nice colored bone handels its missing a end cap and a peice of bone off the front its a three blade whittler with a file and long pulls the name on is on all three blades and it is D. PERES SOLINGEN GERMANY and on the back of the master blade is magnetic cutlery co and the two smaller ones has a barrel on the back can anybody give me any info on this knife

Re: old whittler info needed

Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 2:43 am
by rangerbluedog
Magnetic Cutlery Company was the wholesaler or retailer in Philadelphia, PA, but the knife was manufactured by D. Peres, in the city of Solingen Germany.
According to Levine's Guide #2, this knife would have been made circa 1900-1932.

Re: old whittler info needed

Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 10:22 am
by bigdaddys8ball
thanks rangerbluedog for that info the knife to me looks to be in the late 1800 to early 1900 but i dont know