French (?) Schepeler stag horn navaja

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Originally Posted by gp

it is a very beautiful knife. The antler part is often seen in the hunting world ( excellent to skin little game like rabbits and such),
hunting world specially in the German , Austrian, Swiss and North Italian ( Tirol) regions...
Next the name Schepeler originates from Thüringen Germany.
Hence it might be closer to home as one might think...

But...the shape of the blade does reminds me again more of Latin influances; Italian or Spanish...

Both blade and grip seem to look of outstanding quality and do have some age; could be 50 but also 100 years

Those are my thoughts but am sorry not to be of better support, except for the fact that you do have a very very nice knife!

Thank you Gunar! When it's French it will be around 100 years old, I've read somewhere that this lock system gets forbidden very early in the end of the 19th to the early 20th century, I don't know the exact date. I don't know about the law in other countries in Europe. I hope that someone knows the term "Schepeler".

Regards,
Detlef