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Help with identification

I can't find any markings on the knife itself, but the sheath seems to be distinctive. Can someone identify the maker?

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2021 CalendarPermalink Reply by Steve Scheuerman (Manx) on February 18, 2018 at 14:02

Maybe give the tang area a bit of a rub, or try using a piece of paper and pencil to get an imprint of anything there? No markings at all will make it extremely difficult to ID. Doesn't look familiar to me, but I'll do some poking around.

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Permalink Reply by Bill Perlman on February 18, 2018 at 14:13

I've used some metal polish and can't find anything that looks like a name. I was hoping the design on the sheath would be familiar to someone.

Thanks

Steve Scheuerman (Manx) said:

Maybe give the tang area a bit of a rub, or try using a piece of paper and pencil to get an imprint of anything there? No markings at all will make it extremely difficult to ID. Doesn't look familiar to me, but I'll do some poking around.

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2021 CalendarPermalink Reply by Steve Scheuerman (Manx) on February 18, 2018 at 14:44

I may have gotten lucky here...gimme a couple minutes to run this down...

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Permalink Reply by Bill Perlman on February 18, 2018 at 15:03

No hurry.

Steve Scheuerman (Manx) said:

I may have gotten lucky here...gimme a couple minutes to run this down...

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2021 CalendarPermalink Reply by Steve Scheuerman (Manx) on February 18, 2018 at 15:14

Okay...what I am finding on this is that it was made by EG Waterman during WWII. Some were stacked leather handles, others were wood like yours. Some had the sawback spine, others did not. Some had a tang stamp of EGW with KNIFE underneath, and USA on the other side, some were made with no markings. Seems one of the only things that is somewhat constant is the bottle opener. As for the sheath, I believe this is just an after market sheath that someone used because it fit. I am unsure on the value of this since there are so many variations of it and it is hard to judge condition from a photo. Hope this helps!

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Permalink Reply by Bill Perlman on February 18, 2018 at 15:24

It helps a lot. I would have had no idea where to start looking, and the sheaf was misleading, since I was looking for a "D".

Thank you very much.
Steve Scheuerman (Manx) said:

Okay...what I am finding on this is that it was made by EG Waterman during WWII. Some were stacked leather handles, others were wood like yours. Some had the sawback spine, others did not. Some had a tang stamp of EGW with KNIFE underneath, and USA on the other side, some were made with no markings. Seems one of the only things that is somewhat constant is the bottle opener. As for the sheath, I believe this is just an after market sheath that someone used because it fit. I am unsure on the value of this since there are so many variations of it and it is hard to judge condition from a photo. Hope this helps!

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2021 CalendarPermalink Reply by Steve Scheuerman (Manx) on February 18, 2018 at 15:27

No problem. Fairly sure these were never issued to military personnel, but many took their knives with them. You'll be able to find more, I am sure, with a quick Google search. Hard part was finding the name...lol.

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Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on February 18, 2018 at 15:27

Great work Manx!!

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Permalink Reply by Bryan W on February 19, 2018 at 13:26

Wow that was impressive Manx! Nice work and quick!

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2021 CalendarPermalink Reply by Steve Scheuerman (Manx) on February 19, 2018 at 13:50

Thanks Jan and Bryan. :-) Sometimes obtuse Google searches pay off. Always happy to help a member out!

Bill...hope you stick with us! Was good to see you in Chat yesterday.

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Permalink Reply by Bill Perlman on February 19, 2018 at 14:15

Oh, I'm with you. I sell a lot of knives on ebay and I try to research each one. I keep a few for myyself as well.

I have seven up right now and more to come. I shall stick around.

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FeaturedPermalink Reply by dead_left_knife_guy on February 21, 2018 at 20:07

Watermans have a dedicated fan/collector base -- I'm just not sure if refurbishing the knife is desirable or not (be conservative & don't clean it up until you find out for certain that this is the better thing to do, if you plan to sell it -- if not, do whatever you want, because it's yours).

Even from this photo, I can see some tang stamp on the ricasso, so it's there...