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    Posted 8 years ago

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    whitakers
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    It says Solingen Germany on it and the number 6424. It has a picture of a charging bull on the handle. 3.5 in blade. 4 inch handle. My dad was curious about its origins, but I couldn't find anything like it in my Google searches.

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    1. fhrjr2 fhrjr2, 8 years ago
      I don't collect knives anymore but have had a number of Solingen folding knives. If my memory is working, I believe the insignia on this knife was called, "running bull".
    2. UncleRon UncleRon, 8 years ago
      It's odd that that number is stamped on the tang where the maker's name should be. That seems to indicate that this was a private contract knife for a retailer or dealer. There were hundreds of makers in Solingen so no help there. I have two databases of pictorial marks going back 160 years and there is no listing for a bull, although it might show up under a manufacturer who made knives under many names. Bull in German is "stier" (from whence "steer" in English) but there is no Stier Knife Co. listed in Germany. It LOOKS middle-late 20th century.
    3. swampdogg swampdogg, 8 years ago
      GERMAN BULL™ Yellow Bone Trapper Knife i found this if this will help any
    4. UncleRon UncleRon, 8 years ago
      Did some research on German Bull. Apparently it is part of Frost Cutlery and while "German Bull" is not a registered company name, they make moderately priced knives of decent quality. Their current handles look like natural materials, like bone, but your knife has a synthetic material usually referred to as "Pyramite" so it may be an earlier production but still probably not more than 30 years or so.
    5. whitakers, 8 years ago
      Thanks for the help, everyone! My dad was so stumped by this knife, and thought my grandpa may have picked it up in Germany during WWII, but if it's only a few decades old, I guess that isn't the case! Lol

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