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Posted: **Mon Aug 31, 2020 7:13 pm**

Does anyone have any info on this knife? It is marked C.SCHLIEPER SOLINGEN GERMANY.
Any info on age, or any thing concerning this knife would be greatly appreciated! When did the name eye brand come into place?

Posted: **Mon Aug 31, 2020 8:18 pm**

There is an entire sub-forum here dedicated to C. Schlieper (Schlieper is also Eye Brand.) viewforum.php?f=65. Lots of info there.

Ken

Posted: **Mon Aug 31, 2020 8:23 pm**

Mumbleypeg wrote: ↑Mon Aug 31, 2020 8:18 pm There is an entire sub-forum here dedicated to C. Schlieper (Schlieper is also Eye Brand.) viewforum.php?f=65. Lots of info there.

Ken

Thanks! Is there any way I could find an approximate age?

Posted: **Mon Aug 31, 2020 8:33 pm**

Sorry, I can’t help you with age dating of it but there are several members who are Eye Brand/Schlieper collectors. They may know.

Ken

Posted: **Mon Aug 31, 2020 8:38 pm**

Mumbleypeg wrote: ↑Mon Aug 31, 2020 8:33 pm Sorry, I can’t help you with age dating of it but there are several members who are Eye Brand/Schlieper collectors. They may know.

Ken

Thanks! I appreciate your help.

Posted: **Tue Sep 01, 2020 6:09 am**

That is a Schlieper "Fan Brand" knife. They were made for export but i am not sure to where; possibly South America or South East Asia where due to the influence of Dutch colonizers there was a demand for German cutlery.
kj

Posted: **Tue Sep 01, 2020 2:19 pm**

kootenay joe wrote: ↑Tue Sep 01, 2020 6:09 am That is a Schlieper "Fan Brand" knife. They were made for export but i am not sure to where; possibly South America or South East Asia where due to the influence of Dutch colonizers there was a demand for German cutlery.
kj

I was wondering what that stamp was, thanks for that info! Any idea on an approximate age? just curious.

Posted: **Tue Sep 01, 2020 3:05 pm**

Recently posted in the tang stamps thread here viewtopic.php?f=4&t=39799&start=120#p845083

Ken

Posted: **Tue Sep 01, 2020 3:51 pm**

First off, just because i have the handle EyeBrandMan don't mean I'm anywhere near an expert on them. I've just always liked them and there the first brand I got serious about collecting. Every time I'd use to go to the flea market the guy's there would say hey here comes Eyebrandman, because they new I would buy any good condition Eyebrand. Thats how I came up with the name.

Anyway your knife is an early one. Most likely late 50's thur 60's. The fan brand from my understanding was marketed to the Canadian and south African market. What I know about Eyebrand's is from literature I've been able to find, which is not much. There was a nice write up in knife world years ago. It's in a volume of Best of Knife Wold book which you can still find.

Posted: **Tue Sep 01, 2020 4:06 pm**

Eye Brand Man wrote: ↑Tue Sep 01, 2020 3:51 pm First off, just because i have the handle EyeBrandMan don't mean I'm anywhere near an expert on them. I've just always liked them and there the first brand I got serious about collecting. Every time I'd use to go to the flea market the guy's there would say hey here comes Eyebrandman, because they new I would buy any good condition Eyebrand. Thats how I came up with the name.

Anyway your knife is an early one. Most likely late 50's thur 60's. The fan brand from my understanding was marketed to the Canadian and south African market. What I know about Eyebrand's is from literature I've been able to find, which is not much. There was a nice write up in knife world years ago. It's in a volume of Best of Knife Wold book which you can still find.

Thanks! That’s some valuable info, I’m glad to know it is an earlier one. Definitely earlier than I thought! Thanks for sharing.

Posted: **Tue Sep 01, 2020 4:06 pm**

Mumbleypeg wrote: ↑Tue Sep 01, 2020 3:05 pm Recently posted in the tang stamps thread here viewtopic.php?f=4&t=39799&start=120#p845083

Ken

Thanks for all the research you put into your answers! I greatly appreciate all of your responses!

Posted: **Tue Sep 01, 2020 4:33 pm**

One more question, does anyone here know a round about value? Just out of curiosity.

Posted: **Tue Sep 01, 2020 5:09 pm**

Mumbleypeg wrote: ↑Tue Sep 01, 2020 3:05 pm Recently posted in the tang stamps thread here viewtopic.php?f=4&t=39799&start=120#p845083

Ken

Unfortunately that chart does not show the Fan Brand logo. It definitely was made for export but to which countries there are varying opinions.
Anthony Carter does state that beginning in 1880's Schlieper expanded its markets into South East Asia and that by 1930's some catalogues were printed in Dutch because the East Indies market had become so important. (pages 478-9).
This does not prove that Fan Brand logo was used for knives exported to South East Asia but it shows it to be a strong possibility.
kj

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