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In looking through my collection, I find that I have knives from seven countries. Is this typical or are most collectors more focused than me?
China
USA
Pakistan
Germany
Italy
Japan
Switzerland
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Czechoslovakia ........................................................................................ Mikov auto
Spain ..................................................................... "ratchet" knife & inexpensive auto
China .......................................................................................................... a bunch
USA ........................................................................................................ one or two
Pakistan .................................................................................. a few ..but.. not many
Germany .................................................................................................. a multitude
Italy ................................................................................................ autos .. primarily
Japan .................................. Tak Fukuta / Browning (70's) / PKCS / Seki City / others
Switzerland .................................................................................. Wenger & Victronix
Finland .......................................................................................................... puukko
Sweden ............................................................. Joh. Engstrom Eskilstuna barrel knife
Taiwan ......................................................................................... a few .. don't we all
England ............................................................................... Wade & Butcher / others
France ............................................................................................. Opinel ~ Laguiole
Mexico ............................................................................................ inexpensive auto's
Ireland ........................................................................................................... Imperial
16 .................................................................................... with out digging too deeply.
I have those same plus some from Brazil, France, Sweden and Canada.
Wayne .. what do you have from Brazil ????
I spent a month down there on business some yrs ago .. and could locate NADA of local manufacture. And I looked .. hard !!! Same for Columbia .. all I could find was Buck, Wenger, Victronics, Case, & some "No Stamping" ones.
Wayne Whitted said:
I have those same plus some from Brazil, France, Sweden and Canada.
I think it is marked Tramontina and it is a large folder I think. Been some time since I had it out.
I also forgot that I have a couple of Marttiini from Finland along with one Mora from Sweden. and I have one IXL from England.
The China, El Salvador, Ireland, Japan, Pakistan, and Taiwan made knives were probably produced by American companies that had outsourced production. The other knives were made by parent companies owned and operated in the named country. So my non-outsourced knives come from:
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