Knife Identification

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ncsturkey

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This is my first post and I'm hereto ask for an expert opinion regarding a knife I've owned for about 20 years. I acquired the knife from the estate sale in Indianapolis Indiana. It is marked Winchester in block letters not at all like the script lettering. If anyone could help with the identification I'll thank you in advance.
 
I didn't intend for the message to be on line until I learned how to post photos. I'm still learning
 
You will need a pic-hosting site. Imgur is good and free. Upload your pics there, select your pic and click the button for "message boards and forums". Copy and paste that link here.
 
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I cannot find any information that would indicate that Winchester ever made a fixed blade knife. Could this be some type of prototype that another maker proposed to sell under the Winchester mark.
 
ncsturkey said:
I cannot find any information that would indicate that Winchester ever made a fixed blade knife. Could this be some type of prototype that another maker proposed to sell under the Winchester mark.
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Winchester made several fixed blade knives, usually sold at sporting goods stores. Whether or not your knife is the same "Winchester", I do not know.
 
Thank you. I have this knife on the Antique Winchester forum and looking through all of the posts, there is not a single fixed blade. Could you direct me to the information you have regarding Winchester fixed blades??
 
Thanks for the suggestion. I have searched the web every way I can imagine. Posting on forums is my last hope of finding something that confirms that Winchester sold Fixed blades. Nothing so far.
 
It could be -

a) A fake, Winchester was a majorly faked brand up until recently.

b) Made for Winchester - Germany. In the 70's - 90's, Winchester licensed their name to a German company for use on cutlery sold in Germany/Europe. Schlieper (Eye Brand) was one of the subcontractors on these, and might of actually been the one that licensed the name from Winchester. The knife is a German "Original Bowie" pattern.
 
ncsturkey said:
Thanks for the suggestion. I have searched the web every way I can imagine. Posting on forums is my last hope of finding something that confirms that Winchester sold Fixed blades. Nothing so far.
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Google "Winchester Bowie Knife". They exist.

Gerber also made knives under the Winchester name.
 
A look a the mid 80's German Winchester line -

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Looks like it wasn't a licensee deal, just Winchester's German arm. There are knives from Italy, Gemany, and Japan on those pages.
 
Thanks for that information. When I bought the knife a friend of mine speculated that the manufacturing was German but we did not find the kind of information that you provide. I know based upon where and when I bought the knife it dates prior to the 80's. Now back to Google. Thanks again
 
I had given up finding the origin if the knife until I saw the block letter trademark on an old folder. I had assumed that it was a fake. The information regarding Winchester licensing the mark to a German manufacturer makes some sense and I consider the issue closed. Thanks to those who contributed to my education.
 
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A look a the mid 80's German Winchester line -
Looks like it wasn't a licensee deal, just Winchester's German arm. There are knives from Italy, Gemany, and Japan on those pages.
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A couple of those that were made in Japan are Ichiro Hattori knives.
 
ncsturkey said:
I cannot find any information that would indicate that Winchester ever made a fixed blade knife. Could this be some type of prototype that another maker proposed to sell under the Winchester mark.
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Winchester did sell fixed blades with markings on the ricasso. But that would be going pretty far back, before their knives came under the German company where the Winchester logo appears on the blade. Here is an example of one presumably made in New Haven, Connecticut. Yours has a different font and no location, so I don't know if that is an indicator of anything.

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Another vote for a Germanic origin. Looks like a Linder blade to me, but that pattern was kind of universal amongst German manufacturers in the mid 20th century.....
Eye brand is another possibility..
 
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