Edge brand knives

[R Hensley]

I've been looking on eBay at all the fixed blade German knives and find that a large percent of them are the name brand Edge brand. I wonder if these are just cheap German knives made for the masses or quality knives . anyone have and knowledge on them.

 

[tltt]

Edge Brand was a German (and later Japanese) import line of Gutmann Cutlery, a large post WWII importer that lasted till the late 1990's. Edge Brand was their middle line. They imported Puma, then had Edge Brand, Explorer, and Edge Mark as house brands. They are decent knives, usually about the same as mid-level Linders.

 

[R Hensley]

Edge Brand was a German (and later Japanese) import line of Gutmann Cutlery, a large post WWII importer that lasted till the late 1990's. Edge Brand was their middle line. They imported Puma, then had Edge Brand, Explorer, and Edge Mark as house brands. They are decent knives, usually about the same as mid-level Linders.

Thanks. I knew there was a reason for so many of them on eBay

 

[R Hensley]

Again this answered that question so here's another. What of the older Solingen knives would be considered good ones or the best to use . Fixed blade knives to take hunting mostly white tail deer. There's a wealth of knowledge here amongst the members and at my age I really don't have the time to buy test and decide if you know what I mean.

 

[mobilerd]

There was a similar post very recently about a fixed blade for deer processing. He had a budget of 50$. I recommended a Cold Steel Drop Forged Hunter. They can be had for less than 50$. A chunk of 52100 steel, good stuff in my opinion. Google it and see what you think.

 

[tltt]

Again this answered that question so here's another. What of the older Solingen knives would be considered good ones or the best to use . Fixed blade knives to take hunting mostly white tail deer. There's a wealth of knowledge here amongst the members and at my age I really don't have the time to buy test and decide if you know what I mean.

On the German lines off hand, you'd do ok to stick with -

Boker, Wingen, Hubertus, Henckels, certain Linders, older Hen and Rooster, Hirschkrone, C Schlieper (Eye Brand), certain Pumas.

They're pretty consistent, and you can still find a variety of patterns without much trouble.

 

[The Mastiff]

I agree with above. The Anton Wingen "Othello" and Edge brand forged lockback carbon steel folders from Carl Schlieper are some of my all time favorites. The companies on the above list that are now out of business are still fairly available on e bay and if you take your time and look around they can be found in good condition.

I grew up with Solingen knives because they were pretty affordable and well made. I still have more than a few packed away.

 

[R Hensley]

On the German lines off hand, you'd do ok to stick with -

Boker, Wingen, Hubertus, Henckels, certain Linders, older Hen and Rooster, Hirschkrone, C Schlieper (Eye Brand), certain Pumas.

They're pretty consistent, and you can still find a variety of patterns without much trouble.

I agree with above. The Anton Wingen "Othello" and Edge brand forged lockback carbon steel folders from Carl Schlieper are some of my all time favorites. The companies on the above list that are now out of business are still fairly available on e bay and if you take your time and look around they can be found in good condition.

I grew up with Solingen knives because they were pretty affordable and well made. I still have more than a few packed away.

How about the Kissing Crane knives. I've seen some of them that look good and say solingen Germany. Don't know how old they are.

 

[tltt]

How about the Kissing Crane knives. I've seen some of them that look good and say solingen Germany. Don't know how old they are.

They were decent, most of the old knives that pop up on Ebay from them are about middle grade. The German fixed blade knives I see from them are usually from the mid 80's - early 90's, every once and a while, a 1970's model. They do a lot of trading on the old name now, so you really have to pin down that it's actually a German model from them if you're a new collector.

 

[R Hensley]

They were decent, most of the old knives that pop up on Ebay from them are about middle grade. The German fixed blade knives I see from them are usually from the mid 80's - early 90's, every once and a while, a 1970's model. They do a lot of trading on the old name now, so you really have to pin down that it's actually a German model from them if you're a new collector.

I'm not a collector just a user. I see two different names on the knives and the one I remember is Klaas.