Carl Schlieper Survival Knife #17380

Carl Schlieper was a German hardware manufacturing business established in Remscheid, Germany in the 18th century.1793

Eye Brand knives by Carl Schlieper are now fading into history.  At one time, these German works of art were as good as it got in fine cutlery.  There are still some Eye Brand knives available, but the quality is not what it was in the heyday of traditional knife production.  Still made in Germany of local steel, they are a good value – but not the knife of 30 years ago.

Hammer Forged blades: Eye Brand Knives is one of the few companies that still uses the age-old method of hammer forging its blades. Most traditional knives today are cold stamped, but Eye Brand still forges the steel to shape. Hammer forging compresses and realigns the blade steel's grain structure, thereby increasing the toughness and edge holding characteristics of the knife blade. It is a more costly and time-consuming process, but worth the effort.

The Survival Knives were manufactured in the 1970’s and imported into the US. They feature an OAL of 10.5” and a 5.5” blade of 440 Stainless Steel. It had a hollow handle for storing survival supplies, a saw blade on the top of the blade and drilled holes in the hand guard to tie to a shaft to make a spear.

Knife is used and had been sharpened. Brass finger guard bent. Judge condition from photos.

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