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In MemoriamPermalink Reply by John McCain on April 22, 2014 at 11:30

Welcome Vernon !! I took the liberty of reposting you original photo and then rotated it and ran it through my photo enhancement program as best as I could- I am no authority on Kissing Cranes and could not locate a guide to their tang stamps to compare it to- Hope some of our other members can take it from here--

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In MemoriamPermalink Reply by Robert Burris on April 22, 2014 at 11:43

Let me ask you what makes you think it's a Kissing Crane? Can you please tell us what it says, I can't make it out. Thanks.

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Permalink Reply by Vernon Hoffman on April 22, 2014 at 13:36

Thanks, John.  Robert, the other blade has the kissing cranes stamped on it, but no text.  See attached pic.  The blade pictured has what appears to be 3 lines of text.  The first is the largest and consists of all caps letters including "AEKA?".  The second appears to be "Cutlery Co."  The third says "Rimet?"  The stamp is mostly worn off as you can see.  I'm wondering if maybe this is a rebuild from more than one manufacturer?

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Permalink Reply by Steve Hanner on April 22, 2014 at 15:42

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Permalink Reply by Steve Hanner on April 22, 2014 at 15:53

Well for sure that last pic shows two cranes! And thanks for checking that John, it does look like someone possibly over cleaned that knife.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Hanner on April 22, 2014 at 16:10

by the way here is a sample stamp:

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