Old Pocket Knife I Found

[dh1633pm]

Found this when demolishing an old building. Probably lost by my great uncle who died in 1969. Interesting knife. I wanted to share the find. I will be looking into its source more. The blade was pretty ground down.

 

[Mk-211]

Does it say Puma Cutlery Germany?

German Collectible Knives

 

[dh1633pm]

It might just say that.

 

[hso]

I don't remember Puma using "Cutlery" in their stamps.

 

[hawg]

It doesn't look like it says Puma. It's probably some obscure maker.

 

[Coyote3855]

I couldn't find any Puma knives with a Cutlery stamp. Nor any other German knives with a stamp ending in "MA."

 

[dh1633pm]

When I get back home in a couple weeks, will try to see if I can make the mark is a little clearer. It was pretty rusted so I soaked it overnight in Evaporust which makes everything black. Takes away the rust but leaves the carbon. Hence the black.

 

[dh1633pm]

Ran a buffer wheel over the area with the brand. It’s not Puma. There is an “R” at the end and where it can be read it starts with an "S". Rest is not distinguishable due to sharpening. In the box that I found the knife in, I also found a Chauffeur’s license. I assume its the same person as my avatar only younger. A person born in 1894 and died in 1969.

 

[Odd Job]

My Google-Fu says that is a Wismar Cutlery Co knife. Here is another knife made by that same company (if I am right):

Wismar Cutlery Co. Germany Vintage Car Figural Miniature Pocket Knife c.1900

Wismar Cutlery Co. Germany (Bigelow & Dowse of Boston, Massachusetts) Vintage Car Figural Miniature Pocket Knife c.1900 - Metal Handles - No Cracks - Snaps Open and Shut - No Wobble - Has

www.allaboutpocketknives.com

 

[dh1633pm]

Thanks @Odd Job. I would say that your 100% right. Thanks.

 

[Mk-211]

Good find!

Wonder if they make sharpened steel rings for hats?

 

[ms6852]

As @Odd Job stated it is a vintage pocket knife made by Wismar Cutlery. The handles are made of pewter.

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[hso]

What does the knife look like? Single blade? Double? Cast "scales"?

 

[dh1633pm]

It looks like someone buried it the dirt for 50 years and then pee’d on it. It’s single blade. Ground down to about a nub for no good reason. If you want it HSO, it’s yours. Picture is above. Picture of owner is above as well, plus he’s my avatar picture.

 

[W.E.G.]

Blade was proably BROKEN at some point. Somebody salvaged it by contouring it to render it useful. For something.

 

[hso]

What does the knife look like? Single blade? Double? Cast "scales"?

DOH!

 

[Mk-211]

Getting old, right?

 

[dh1633pm]

Me and everyone else.

 

[Coyote3855]

It looks like someone buried it the dirt for 50 years and then pee’d on it. It’s single blade. Ground down to about a nub for no good reason. If you want it HSO, it’s yours. Picture is above. Picture of owner is above as well, plus he’s my avatar picture.

For no good reason? Perhaps from an era when knives were used daily and resharpened, not safe queens.

 

[dh1633pm]

My Great Uncle who owned the knife was a pack rat and a hermit. The knife was found in an old cigar box for a building that needed to be torn down 40 years ago. There were letters and the above license in the box. It served as a storage box for junk and a nest for families of mice. Anyhow the building is now history. I saved some things out the cigar box of which was this old knife.