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Permalink Reply by Ramiro Diaz G on November 10, 2015 at 18:04

detail on toledo inox marking

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In MemoriamPermalink Reply by John McCain on November 12, 2015 at 17:09

Ramiro-You have a beautiful knife- It was indeed made in Toledo, Spain and the Inox merely means that it is stainless steel.Toledo has been a cutlery center since 500 BC when they were famed for their swords.However, in modern times, after the demand for Toledo swords decreased,, they have turned to knife making, as well as other steel products. Toledo is still a knife making center, such as Solingen or Sheffield, but unlike the others is more a cottage industry, without a host of large cutlery companies. The majority of these smaller entities do not mark their knives with their own name, but merely mark them Toledo, or in your case Toledo Inox, just to affirm the quality of their steel. Muela knives are marked on their blade as such, in every example I can find so I suspect it was made by one of the smaller companies in Toledo. Many major companies such as Hen & Rooster used these blades. In regards to the standing stag image on the stag handle, I suspect it was merely a decorative effort to enhance the white area of the stag handle where a tine was sawed off. Very common to see this on Toledo knives with other figures such as lions, etc. In short, your knife was made by an unknown Toledo knife maker, and  almost impossible to attribute to a single company. Still, a very nice knife- Lower end knives were usually made in 440A and higher quality in 440 C.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Squier on November 12, 2015 at 17:29

cool knife, I like it. 

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Permalink Reply by Ramiro Diaz G on November 24, 2015 at 23:53

thanks! the only thing is that the standing stag engraving is not on the white area of the tine sawing. well i also read somewhere that the standing stag was done on all the stag handles, and it represented something that i cant remember.

John McCain said:

Ramiro-You have a beautiful knife- It was indeed made in Toledo, Spain and the Inox merely means that it is stainless steel.Toledo has been a cutlery center since 500 BC when they were famed for their swords.However, in modern times, after the demand for Toledo swords decreased,, they have turned to knife making, as well as other steel products. Toledo is still a knife making center, such as Solingen or Sheffield, but unlike the others is more a cottage industry, without a host of large cutlery companies. The majority of these smaller entities do not mark their knives with their own name, but merely mark them Toledo, or in your case Toledo Inox, just to affirm the quality of their steel. Muela knives are marked on their blade as such, in every example I can find so I suspect it was made by one of the smaller companies in Toledo. Many major companies such as Hen & Rooster used these blades. In regards to the standing stag image on the stag handle, I suspect it was merely a decorative effort to enhance the white area of the stag handle where a tine was sawed off. Very common to see this on Toledo knives with other figures such as lions, etc. In short, your knife was made by an unknown Toledo knife maker, and  almost impossible to attribute to a single company. Still, a very nice knife- Lower end knives were usually made in 440A and higher quality in 440 C.

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