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Need Help Identifying Fixed Blade Knife 403
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2013 1:03 am
by neurorocker
Can anyone identify this knife? It seems to have the number 403 on the blade.
Thanks very much!
Nate
Re: Need Help Identifying Fixed Blade Knife 403
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2013 2:28 am
by Beechtree
Greetings Nate,
Although I do not know who made your knife, the style seems to draw from the knives made by John E. K. during the 1940's.
Hopefully someone will be able to shed light on this.
Re: Need Help Identifying Fixed Blade Knife 403
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2013 2:35 am
by neurorocker
Hey, thanks for the reply. I can see what you are talking about. It's a really solid heavy knife. This is the first fixed blade knife I've bought.
Re: Need Help Identifying Fixed Blade Knife 403
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2013 3:34 pm
by Quick Steel
EK immediately came to mind. I wonder if it is a theater knife i.e. someone took an EK and modified it.
Re: Need Help Identifying Fixed Blade Knife 403
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2013 4:39 pm
by tjmurphy
Looks like a throwing knife to me??

Re: Need Help Identifying Fixed Blade Knife 403
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 3:16 am
by neurorocker
I've read the history of E. K. knives now and there are some similaries. Wood handle, full tang, tang extended out beyond the grip. However, the rivets are not poured lead as was the case in the E.K. knives. They are brass. So, this seems wrong. I've asked the experts at the E.K. Company to weigh in and if they are kind enough to do so, maybe we'll all learn something.
Re: Need Help Identifying Fixed Blade Knife 403
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 4:32 am
by Miller Bro's
It`s a throwing knife, not a combat knife made by John EK, I am certain it is of German manufacture.
Re: Need Help Identifying Fixed Blade Knife 403
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 11:49 am
by basser5
Miller Bro`s wrote:It`s a throwing knife, not a combat knife made by John EK, I am certain it is of German manufacture.
That is correct!
Research Edge brand throwing knife from Solingen.
Re: Need Help Identifying Fixed Blade Knife 403
Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2013 2:42 am
by neurorocker
Thanks for solving it! I appreciate it.
Nate