Odd victoria tang stamp

[jaydar]

Not seen this before its an old pruning knife it may be all pruning knives have this stamp but I have not seen it before.



The knife is pretty worn but still lots of life in it

[ICanFixThat]

Very Nice, i think i saw this mentioned or shown somewhere. I'm trying to remember.

[jazzbass]

Very cool. That's a new one for me.

[Sparky415]

Can't help with the stamp but can we see a full picture of the knife please Jaydar 

[enki_ck]

Very Nice, i think i saw this mentioned or shown somewhere. I'm trying to remember.

Francis, you need to catalogue your collection. You remember it cause you own one.



Very Old, Very Different, Very Big, Very Surprising


Jaydar, is yours removable too?

[ICanFixThat]

It must be prior to the 40s. I can't put my hands on my copy of the Victorinox The Knife book right now, but I presume if it was in there more people would recognize it.  I found at least one place I saw it before; on one of my knives.  I also remember reading something about it though some where.

[ICanFixThat]

Very Nice, i think i saw this mentioned or shown somewhere. I'm trying to remember.

Francis, you need to catalogue your collection. You remember it cause you own one.

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Oh I just found it... I should have waited for you, I was reading lots of old stuff...  and I did finally get the idea that it might have been on this knife.

Still I also remember finding a reference to it somewhere but I can't find that.  Maybe you could help. 

[AlephZero]

Very cool. That's a new one for me.

That's gotta be the first time... 

[J Mackrel Jones]

The first Elsener cutlery was in an old mill on a canal running thru Ibach.
But the tang stamp looks a lot like the barn a couple blocks from the present factory where Victorinox stores planks of wood for the handles of specialty and culinary knives.
Very cool mark !

from the SAK OM:

[ColoSwiss]

The building doesn't show up on the blades of any of my work knives. Nice find.

[enki_ck]

Very Nice, i think i saw this mentioned or shown somewhere. I'm trying to remember.

Francis, you need to catalogue your collection. You remember it cause you own one.

.....

Oh I just found it... I should have waited for you, I was reading lots of old stuff...  and I did finally get the idea that it might have been on this knife.

Still I also remember finding a reference to it somewhere but I can't find that.  Maybe you could help. 

I remembered it cause it was an old pruner. The first Vic knife I ever saw wasn't a SAK but an old Victoria pruner similar to this one that my grandfather had for ages. Regretfully he lost it a few years before he passed away. I have a soft spot for these kind of blades.

No other threads come to mind, but if I do remember, I'll update here.

P.S. Did you have time to check the PM with the missing pics list. No hurry, I'm swamped at the moment too, just checking if you got it.

[jaydar]

Very Nice, i think i saw this mentioned or shown somewhere. I'm trying to remember.

Francis, you need to catalogue your collection. You remember it cause you own one.

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Very Old, Very Different, Very Big, Very Surprising


Jaydar, is yours removable too?

It Does

not lockable but when closed the blade slides right out ... I would never have spotted that

It must be designed for real hard work where the blade takes a lot of hammer .... or maybe you would carry a few spare sharp blades and so you could keep on working without worrying about sharpening.

glad I picked it up now

I was thinking of the logo as a covered bridge  or saw mill

[enki_ck]

Thread necro.

The tang stamp pictures Ulli posted in the thread below would make that one made between 1943 and 1951.

http://forum.multitool.org/index.php?topic=50014.msg839265#msg839265