The 2 line stamps on the 7 and 8 inch blade started in 1918 till the end of ww 2.
Marbles tang stamps.
Can you tell me by the spacers if they are pre transition.
The first stamps used are the small marbles stamp from 1911 to around 1913.
I came here to post my latest marbles usa canoe whittler thumbup.
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These 7 and 8 inch knives are what i consider to be ww 2 fighting knives.
They all say marbles gladstone mi usa on the left side of the tang.
Bought myself several gifts on that trip this deer skinner was one of them.
It was about this time that the knife tang stamping changed to marbles glasdstone mich.
In 2004 imperial schrade s new york manufacturing plant closed and all production shifted overseas.
Usa many of marble s patents expired during the 1920 s and other manufactures began to capitalize upon his design.
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In 1985 the company became the imperial schrade corporation.
After 1988 the imperial tang stamps were discontinued and replaced by the schrade name.
The tang stamp on the back of the blades reads airdi 150 does anyone know what that stands for.
Then they used the large marbles stamp from around 1914 to 1915.
The last knife is a modern usa made marbles i bought at smkw while visiting gatlinburg tn with my wife after my return from oif in 2003.
I don t have a good picture of it except this one which only shows the blade in silhouette skinning a deer with one of my hunting.