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you guys heard of a herder knife
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 12:53 pm
by bronco2
saw this on another site for sale. and this knife looks like it is old. you can see the hammer marks in the blade and file work..thanks
http://www.trapperman.com/forum/ubbthre ... ost4278656
Re: you guys heard of a herder knife
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 3:29 pm
by tongueriver
Your link doesn't go anywhere, so it is not possible to give a good answer, but I know that HERDER is the name of a cutlery in Solingen, Germany; I see many old kitchen knives with that name.
Re: you guys heard of a herder knife
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 4:23 pm
by bronco2
link works on my end
Re: you guys heard of a herder knife
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 4:41 pm
by 0078
Herder is a german usa made knife, based out of Philadelphia. I have a mop herder knife I will post it as soon as I can find it. To my knowledge they still might be in business.
Re: you guys heard of a herder knife
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 11:19 pm
by reddirtknives
I heard that the factory Herder knives were made at in Germany was taken out (bombed) durring WWII… Lots of parts from the factory are floating around. I could have been missinformed of course.
Re: you guys heard of a herder knife
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 11:20 pm
by reddirtknives
tongueriver wrote:Your link doesn't go anywhere, so it is not possible to give a good answer, but I know that HERDER is the name of a cutlery in Solingen, Germany; I see many old kitchen knives with that name.
The link took me to trappertalk but the page was a sign in page and I'm not a member...
Re: you guys heard of a herder knife
Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2014 2:20 am
by bronco2
here are the pictures he has up on the knife..
Re: you guys heard of a herder knife
Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2014 2:43 am
by basser5
Denny that is the mark of Friedr. Herder, Solingen Germany.
The candleabra trademark was registered in 1895.
The company went bankrupt in 1993.
Re: you guys heard of a herder knife
Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2014 12:23 pm
by bronco2
ok, thanks tim. is it worth $70?
Re: you guys heard of a herder knife
Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2014 12:28 pm
by basser5
I would think so Denny.
The sheath is not original of course.
The wooden handled Herder lockback sodbusters bring as much as $125 on Ebay.
So i would think that stag would be worth at least $70.
Re: you guys heard of a herder knife
Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2014 2:29 pm
by FRJ
Here is an old Herder I've had for a while and some information I got from Goins encyclopedia.
The blade on my knife has been ground to some degree and I have no idea how it looked originally.
Re: you guys heard of a herder knife
Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2014 12:35 am
by bronco2
thanks for the help fellas......