Help with an odd tang stamp on an old soldier

[jaydar]

Evening

Picked up a couple of old swiss soldiers

First one nice and easy 1925 Wenger with a slightly rough scales but fine metal work

But the second has me confused it is a 1908 pattern but the tang stamp I have never seen before .. it could be a german copy but it is very well made







any one seen that stamp before ?

Cheers

[stressmaster5000]

Anyone else with me when I say it looks like a pirate? Seriously though, I have never seen such a thing before.

[alelser]

That is awesome! No idea what it is, but it's AWESOME.

[pthycrpg]

This has to be a new stamp for the Multi-Tool organization. The patent on that stamp has to be expired. Maybe we could adopt it?
I would live to see it on a couple on something in my collection.
 

[PyroJames]

That IS a pretty cool logo.  Can't find any info on it.  The ears spell "GB" and I can't tell from the pic but are the teeth made up of numbers?

[ICanFixThat]

Love It!!!   Very Interesting!

[Zed]

no clue but how cool   

[ironraven]

My first thought is, do we know if it actually IS old, or if it just looks old. That tang stamp would fit in just fine at most of the headshops around here (it is a college town...). But it is neat.

[North Man]

Hi

That stamp really look like a smiley,lol

[Rahmed]

Military "Swiss" knife originally produced in Solingen in Germany and later moved production to Switzerland.
This stamp is mark of company Gustav Branner, Stahlwarenfabrikation und Großhandel, Konstanz.

Here you go: http://register.dpma.de/DPMAregister/marke/register/1004832/DE

edit: Don't thank me, but my friend from knife.cz - Surg "walker lexicon"

[edcgear]

That's waaaay cool!!

Great stamp, and explanation! 

[nsa-x-file]

Cool knife. Thanks for sharing. 

[jaydar]

Military "Swiss" knife originally produced in Solingen in Germany and later moved production to Switzerland.
This stamp is mark of company Gustav Branner, Stahlwarenfabrikation und Großhandel, Konstanz.

Here you go: http://register.dpma.de/DPMAregister/marke/register/1004832/DE

edit: Don't thank me, but my friend from knife.cz - Surg "walker lexicon"

Well I will thank you both

I will now have something to google .... its quite hard to google for "strange head gb ears knife tang stamp"

Cheers