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Comment by Chuck Parham on April 25, 2013 at 17:37

That's great info to have. This has to be the best site I've found for research and a great group of people with so much to share. Just hope I'm able to help out as well with my limited experience. Thanks to Smiling-Knife and Jim Child!!

Comment by Tobias Gibson on April 25, 2013 at 15:49

Speaking of info, while doing research on Camp knives I ran across an nice little primer on the New York Knife Company, makers of the First Official Boy Scouts of America knives.  It is located at https://www.nysm.nysed.gov/research/anthropology/crsp/projects/ny_k...

Comment by Jan Carter on April 25, 2013 at 15:08

This is one of my favorite places to come on iKC.  The amount of knives that come through here and the amazing amount of knowledge that is utilized to identify and help is fantastic  

Comment by Smiling-Knife on April 25, 2013 at 14:09

Found this in an earlier thread that may help to identify the maker of your knife Chuck.

 

Reply by Jim Child on February 13, 2011 at 17:27

Update: Mostly through contributions made by actual Russians in the Blade and British Blade Forums I've learned that the "funky chicken" is actually a rooster -- the logo or mark of the October Works which had been located in the city of Vorsma in the province of Nizhny Novgorod located about 370 km east of Moscow and apprx 1,000 km west of the Ural Mtns. The October "company" produced all manner of tools during the years of the Soviet Union.

Comment by Chuck Parham on April 18, 2013 at 18:28

Toby, In answer to your question, No. The German knife and the Russian knife did not come from the same person.

Comment by Chuck Parham on April 18, 2013 at 18:02

Toby, Here's a clearer image of the "swan" and the symbols on the knife handle.

Comment by Tobias Gibson on April 18, 2013 at 16:19

With the origin being determined as Russian, I'm really curious if the one impression is that of Swan wearing a crown, as in the Swan Princess in the Russian folk tale of Tsar Saltan?

I assume it could also be a knight's helmet but to me it looks  like a swan  standing on its feet, flapping its wings and wearing a crown.  Having been chased by a flapping swan, I kind of know what they look like!  LOL

Comment by Tobias Gibson on April 18, 2013 at 15:50

World War I is what happens when three inbred first cousins become the leader of the most powerful nations in the world.

Chuck, out of curiosity did this knife and your Russian knife come from the same person?

Comment by Ron Cooper on April 18, 2013 at 15:13

Are there any tang stamps on the blades of this knife, Chuck? Cool looking knife, btw.

Comment by Chuck Parham on April 18, 2013 at 15:06

The unidentified one is Karl von Einem. He was General of the German 3rd army in WWI. Led many campagnes and headed up the demobilization of the German army at the end of the war. Died, 1934. Thanks for your added research Toby!! I thought it may have been to commemorate those leaders but your idea of promotional propoganda seems more likely.

I also agree that the Crowned Prince's remarks probably landed him in lots of hot water.

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