Anton Wingen Jr. 10" Slicer Carbon Steel Solingen, Germany 1950-70s

Hand ground after drop forged carbon steel slicer made for Anton Wingen Jr. in Solingen Germany from the 1950s to 70s. This knife has the classic post war curved handle tang at the bolster junction and the narrow bolsters of a hand ground knife, it was possibly hand forged after being drop forged looking at the taper in blade but the tang is a bit straight. The solid wood handle (walnut or fruit wood like pear) were largely phased out for pakka wood in the 70s as stainless steel replaced carbon. 

knives like this largely ended in the 60s and early 70s in Solingen Germany being supplanted first by the removal of hand forging after drop forging and later by stainless steel and less hand grinding. As the older skilled workers retired and the cost of labor rose hand grinding on carbon steel was no longer the norm in Solingen. Stainless steel became very popular and the bigger names in Solingen began to produce larger quantities of knives with less hand work in the 1970's onward. This knife represents a previous era where hand work was a pillar of Solingen production. 

While it's certainly not the last of its kind and forged carbon steel is still done in Solingen, this knife represents the last of the era of carbon steel and hand grinding as a mainstay of production.

10" blade 15 1/4" overall with fresh sharp edge