stamped AES

[BFH44]

Hello out there; does anyone know what company or who made knives - (this one is old ) that are stamped A.E.S. ?

i have a lead that it may have been form Solingen Germany - i found an article about a military knife mentioned "AES West German Military Knife"

I know it isn't the Argentina maker Ariel Elias Salaverria his would run close to a couple grand $$$ and the blade isn't his style anyway

i ran across one real cheap but i dont want to ask the people selling it because they may not know what they have

any one here know for sure what that makers stamp on a knife means?

Thank you -
Eric

 

[BFH44]

 

[Steve Tall]

From "germania" in a BladeForums post:

"2 – AES – Eickhorn Solingen
Founded in 1975 by Annette Eickhorn a few weeks before her husband’s Carl Eickhorn company was bankrupt. After being punished for fraudulent bankruptcy her husband Rolf-Juergen Eickhorn joined leading AES Eickhorn Solingen. The squirrel trademark was licenced to AES by E.&F. Hörster company c.1981. Under the management of their son Joerg Eickhorn AES Eickhorn Solingen company went into bankruptcy with several Million US-$ debts in 2004.

3 – Eickhorn GmbH (limited)
Founded in 2004 by Joerg Eickhorn a few weeks before AES company’s bankruptcy.
The company merges in January 2005 with the Solingen BORKOTT company, which had been deliverer of AES Eickhorn cutler.
The company finally was named Waffentechnik Borkott & Eickhorn and is still in business with some remaining knife patterns identical to the previous range of AES Eickhorn Solingen."

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=817521

 

[BFH44]

Thanks Steve - interesting so i guess this Eickhorn fellow was known for quality - just not so good with money ?

does anyone know if their blades are of a high quality - ? -

I have read that there was a history of great knife makers in that city.

 

[kronckew]

interesting - i have an AES '79 Fallschirmjäger gravity knife: (the centre one)