Maker
Johann Leupold
Bavarian knife maker from Bayreuth, founded 1837.
- Rarity
- 4/5 · Rare
- Est. production
- 5,000
- Founded
- 1837
- Trademark
- Shield with crossed antler and arrow
- In the book
- Pages 273–274
- SA Group stamps
- BO, Fr, Oe
- Types
- Early
Johann Leupold, Bayerische Messerfabrik, began in 1837 in Bayreuth, Bavaria. In 1900 it advertised as a specialist in “hunting, table and pocket knives”, and it made trench and combat knives for the Bavarian army. In 1921 Leupold registered a trademark of a shield charged with a crossed antler and an arrow, also used by the Johanniswerk Stahlwarenfabrik.
