Two old pocketknives - Can anyone tell me anything?

[GritsGear]

I have these two vintage sterling silver pocket knives that were my grandfathers and I am curious if anyone can tell me anything about them.


Here are the two knives.


Knife 1 open


Knife 1 closeup of name on knife, it might say "Grifford Germany" ?


Knife 2 open


Knife 2 closeup of name on knife, it says "VOOS Stainless"

If anyone has any information about these knives I would be very interested in hearing about them otherwise I hope you all enjoy seeing them.

[Accujohn]

Nothing specific since there were so many makers but the style looks like early 20th century. Teens maybe. Bladeforums has and early knife id forum that would help you

[J Mackrel Jones]

Looks like stainless tools, which dates them after the early 1920s; early stainless steel, especially German, was high in chromium and was especially slick/shiny and these don't look like that so I would guess after 1930.
Emil VOOS was a cutlery in Solingen from 1919 - 1981.

[J Mackrel Jones]

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A better date for the early slick high-chromium German stainless steel would be 19-teens.

[Gadget Guy]

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A better date for the early slick high-chromium German stainless steel would be 19-teens.

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[J Mackrel Jones]

Thx mate    Cheers

[Accujohn]

I think we are both saying teens on those. Are they marked sterling?