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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;the blacksmith, post: 9851952, member: 20148&quot;]Near enough, and understandable, but Eickhorn means a squirrel. </p><p><br /></p><p>The logo with the squirrel and the sword was the last version of their logo, though the logo in one form or another was in use since the company was founded by Carl Eickhorn in 1865. Evidently the squirrel mark was actually first used by a swordsmith, Pieter Lörbach, in 1610 (according to &#039;The Sword and Bayonet Makers of Imperial Germany 1871-1918&#039;, by John Walter).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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