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This is a beautiful knife- looks like it says A. W. On the tang. I think it may be handmade. Would someone recognize the maker? Thanks for any input!

AW could be someone's initials put on with a scribe or engraver. What is the handle material?

Handles appear to be stag

Look like a kit knife. I doubt that a maker with the skill to make such a knife would mark it like this.

btrwtr wrote: ↑Tue Jan 03, 2023 1:09 am Look like a kit knife. I doubt that a maker with the skill to make such a knife would mark it like this.

That's exactly what I was thinking Wayne.

Even if it's custom the maker definitely wouldn't have scrawled his initials in like that.

Eric

There are a lot of Japanese knives that look exactly like that shape. A.G. Russell had thousands made like this knife. I have seen several that had nothing other than Japan on the back of the tang with nothing on the front tang. I think the handles are amber bone and not stag.
Definitely the initials were scribed by hand by someone, but not the manufacturer.

Thanks to you all! Possibly Japan or AG Russell then-

I also believe this to be a kit knife.
The pivot pins show, the shield is crooked and the shield pins are showing.
No way I can believe this is a AG Russell or other quality factory knife.