Oldnretired
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I always wondered about these Kershaw Golden Series from the late 80's but never liked the fact that I couldn't find any with the origional sheaths. Just the display box. The boxes are nice but not for me. There was Golden Boar, Golden Eagle and Golden Bear.
Well I saw a Golden Boar with the origional sheath for sale and the price was right I jumped.
The story behind these from my research is that these Golden Boars were comissioned by German Special Forces Officers stationed in the Ardennes forest during WWI as personal or "parade" type weapons and produced until the end of the war in 1918.
During the late 30's the factory was confiscated to produce weaponry for the Nazi's and the old equipment mothballed. The British liberated the factory during WWII and the origional casting dies, paper work etc. was still there gathering dust until the 80's.
Fast foreward to the late 80's and Pete Kershaw and the Anton Wingen Jr. (Solingen Germany) outfits got together and produced these in limited runs of 5.000 from the origional dies, drawings etc. Mine is #0304. 440c stainless instead of carbon steel and black linen micarta in place of whatever the origional handle material was (I didn't find out) and they said they used modern tecniques on the handle construction.
The pictures I'm posting with this don't do it justice. The white looking line on the handle seems to be glare (isn't there) and they don't show just how smooth and nicely rounded all edges are, not a sharp edge anywhere except the blade edge. Mirror polish is flawless. I don't know what grade brass was used on the cast guard and pommel but it's very nice. The casting seams are smoothed and textured to match the rest of the casting. It's a heavy weapon but perfectly balanced just behind the guard. Perfect balance for me on a heavy knife like this.
Anyway enough of my blather.......Here's some photos including one of Pete Kershaw holding one like mine.
Well I saw a Golden Boar with the origional sheath for sale and the price was right I jumped.
The story behind these from my research is that these Golden Boars were comissioned by German Special Forces Officers stationed in the Ardennes forest during WWI as personal or "parade" type weapons and produced until the end of the war in 1918.
During the late 30's the factory was confiscated to produce weaponry for the Nazi's and the old equipment mothballed. The British liberated the factory during WWII and the origional casting dies, paper work etc. was still there gathering dust until the 80's.
Fast foreward to the late 80's and Pete Kershaw and the Anton Wingen Jr. (Solingen Germany) outfits got together and produced these in limited runs of 5.000 from the origional dies, drawings etc. Mine is #0304. 440c stainless instead of carbon steel and black linen micarta in place of whatever the origional handle material was (I didn't find out) and they said they used modern tecniques on the handle construction.
The pictures I'm posting with this don't do it justice. The white looking line on the handle seems to be glare (isn't there) and they don't show just how smooth and nicely rounded all edges are, not a sharp edge anywhere except the blade edge. Mirror polish is flawless. I don't know what grade brass was used on the cast guard and pommel but it's very nice. The casting seams are smoothed and textured to match the rest of the casting. It's a heavy weapon but perfectly balanced just behind the guard. Perfect balance for me on a heavy knife like this.
Anyway enough of my blather.......Here's some photos including one of Pete Kershaw holding one like mine.
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