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Schmidt & Peters New-York/ Vom Cliff & Co. Germany knife
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 10:59 pm
by raincrowe
Another interesting little knife/Fob....This knife is 2 1/4" closed this little 2 bladed knife has a file, master blade and bail
I believe the handles to be ivory looks as if something was written on them in time....As small as this knife is I believe it's could be a watch Fob
The most interesting aspect of this knife is that the tang is stamped on both sides different companies
The mark side.....Schmidt & Peters New-York
The pile side.....Vom Cleff and Co. Germany
Not only is the companies differ so is the countries
I looked and couldn't find anything on this piece maybe somebody can solve this puzzle!!
Re: Schmidt & Peters New-York/ Vom Cliff & Co. Germany knife
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 11:03 pm
by Gunsil
Simple explanation, the NY firm was the retailer, the German firm the manufacturer.
Re: Schmidt & Peters New-York/ Vom Cliff & Co. Germany knife
Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2019 2:26 am
by edge213
raincrowe wrote: ↑Tue Dec 03, 2019 10:59 pm
Another interesting little knife/Fob....This knife is 2 1/4" closed this little 2 bladed knife has a file, master blade and bail
I believe the handles to be ivory looks as if something was written on them in time....As small as this knife is I believe it's could be a watch Fob
The most interesting aspect of this knife is that the tang is stamped on both sides different companies
The mark side.....Schmidt & Peters New-York
The pile side.....Vom Cleff and Co. Germany
Not only is the companies differ so is the countries
I looked and couldn't find anything on this piece maybe somebody can solve this puzzle!!
I have a very similar knife.
The main blade is stamped BLECKMANN and what looks like SOLINGEN under and GERMANY under that.
The pile side of the main has what looks like a bow and arrow with a B and an M inside of the bow.
The buttonhook is stamped GERMANY.
The handles are ivory with repairs on both sides. The repairs are done in bone.
On the handles is VEUVE CLICQUOT , which I believe is a wine maker.
Re: Schmidt & Peters New-York/ Vom Cliff & Co. Germany knife
Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2019 1:11 pm
by raincrowe
Thank you for the information:
Have you any idea of the date made?
Schmidt must have made a lot of knives
I found two more..
Graef & Schmidt Germany...1940-1952
Schmidt & Ziegler….?-1972
Just curious suppose they are others out there?
Re: Schmidt & Peters New-York/ Vom Cliff & Co. Germany knife
Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2019 4:42 pm
by edge213
raincrowe wrote: ↑Wed Dec 04, 2019 1:11 pm
Thank you for the information:
Have you any idea of the date made?
Schmidt must have made a lot of knives
I found two more..
Graef & Schmidt Germany...1940-1952
Schmidt & Ziegler….?-1972
Just curious suppose they are others out there?
I would say very early 1900s.