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Have anybody of you ever seen such a hunting knife or even such a kind of knife??? The grip is HOLLOW, there is not the least trace of any welding grip/blade. The grip is extremely skillful cut steel. The whole knife is stainless steel. There is a mark I also have not seen before. The whole knife seems to be of highest quality. There came no regular scabbard with this knife (only a simple unprofessional sheat of keather cruedly stitched in no way conforming to the high quality knife, therefore I did not picture it). One of my very close relatives got this knife, which is without the less doubt period, from a teacher of a university, who has been a passionate hunter at these times (and later), shortly after the war.
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Mark. Any comments are heartly welcome.
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It's a real beauty. Looks like it was made for presentation--the blank plaque at the top. Never saw anything quite like it or the maker's TM.
MAX & OVMS Life Member, MAX Bd. of Experts. GDC Platinum Dealer. Collector since 1955.
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Even though this knife is elegantly crafted it has that no nonsense "working" look to it. As a hunter myself I would have no reservations about using it to dress out a big game animal. Jim
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Wotan,
That's an exceptionally nice piece, thanks for letting us have a look. The grip quality seems to suggest it was fashioned by a jeweler like Zeitner instead of coming directly from a normal blade manufacturer.
Top-quality work and something absolutlely special!
Best regards,
Bill
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Thank you for looking and for writing your comments. I am glad you like it. Personally I think this hunting knife is one out of those knife maker schools. What seems strange for such a kind of student made knife is the maker mark on the blade. i it "one-of-a-kind"? As said I have not seen another one made like this one. I like it because of it�s nice steel carved grip and I think it always will keep it�s little secret of origin (concerning manufacturing).
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Wotan, great looking knife, you never cease to amaze me with your collection, have you thought that it might not be a makers mark at all, possibly just a design on the blade, if it is such a knife made by an apprentice then maybe he just added it to show what he can do, the position of it on the blade may be just a coincidence.I would be very surprised if he was allowed to put his own mark on it. Whatever it is, it takes away nothing from such a super knife.
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this is a knife made by Blumelhuber from Steyer ; Austria
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Hello philippe, thank you for your valuable contribution to this (old) thread. It is very interesting as I have not heard of Blumelhuber (or Bl�melhuber???) until now. Steyr/Austria would fit perfect. Please, what is the source of your knowledge and do you have any additional informations? Regards,
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hi wotan, there is a website about the STEYER PIONIERE where you can find all the information about . I believe you need to go to the iron steel works and i believ there is similar picture of similar kind of knife. Do you own this knife ? regards,
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it is also possible that the pupil/aprentice of Blumelhuber made it ; Franz Ledl
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philippe, first let me thank you for solving my old personal mystery! My earlier research has led me to a "sideway", as I have gotten a (right) hint that the mark on the blade is the mark for "B�hler-Steel". Therefore I have thought that any man of the B�hler steel works has done this knife. Naturally, after your first posting, I have done an immediate search concerning Bl�melhuber which has led me to the same link you have posted now above. The close resemblance of some of Bl�melhuber�s works has been astonishing. It is especially mentioned that blade and grip have been done of a single piece of steel which I always have expected as there are no traces of welding or something like this. Now with the final step to Ledl (which has been logical as Bl�melhuber has died 1936, two years before the "Anschluss" and the dokumentation of the certain knife within the link, the mystery is truely solved. I know that you are a connoiseur of hunting daggers and obviously you are also familiar with the finest niches in this field of collecting. Thank you once more, regards,
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