Collectible Vintage Fixed Blade Knives
These are the types of knives that appeal to collectors as well as sportsmen or hunters looking for effective survival tools. However, these knives are not just for hunting; many of them were designed for cutlery or as pocket knives. A number of the pocket knives most coveted by collectors were actually designed in Germany decades ago.
What types of antique knives are available?Some of the different types of vintage fixed blades available include the boot knife, bowie knife, combat knife, everyday carry knife, hunting knife, and survival knife. These knives may also come equipped with leather sheaths featuring belt hangers or belt sheaths. Aside from the German hunting knife and pocket knives, there are a number of folding knives available as well. Some of the antique folding knives feature slide locks, lever locks, and plunge locks.
What brands offer a vintage fixed blade knife?Some of the brands offering fixed blade knives include Schrade, Marbles Ka-bar, Case, and Camillus. Other designers offering knives are Browning, Benchmade, Microtech, and Spyderco. These brands offer different pocket knives, the antique hunting knife for avid hunters, and survival knives as well. Marifone offers an antique custom carbon fiber bowie knife, and Vintage Pacific has cutlery butterfly knives available.
What types of materials are used in antique blade knives?Many of these blades are forged from stainless steel or carbon steel. The handles of an antique knife are often constructed from wood, stag or antler, leather, horn, or bone. You may also find a number of aluminum, acrylic, and abalone handles. The carbon steel used on antique hunting and bowie knives may be polished and finished already. There are several different grades of steel used for the blades featured on these collectibles.
A number of the German Solingen hunting knives feature genuine stag handles adorned with a brass finger guard and aluminum pommel. Linder is a German designer offering a number of knives with the stag handle often found in the antique hunting knife. Hunters looking for a German hunting knife may consider some of Solingen options available. Some of the German Solingen knives offered by Linder include the Scout Vintage, known as the Sweden Blade in Solingen, featuring a brass guard and drop-forged blade.
What types of blades are available on these antiques?There are both plain edges and serrated edges offered on collectible fixed blade knives. Some of the blade styles offered on these antiques include the wharncliffe knife, trailing point, tanto knife, the bowie, standard, spear point, and sheepsfoot knife. Other antique options available include the kukri knife, kriss knife, hawkbill knife, drop point knife, dagger knife, and clip point.
Most of the blades offered range from 2 to 5 inches, with the majority ranging from 3.5 to 4 inches. There are also a number of blades that measure out less than 2 inches or over 5 inches. Other common sizes for the blade on an antique knife run between 3 and 3.5 inches and 4 to 5 inches.