Western folding hunter rehab
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Re: Western folding hunter rehab
ooh that looks nice
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Re: Western folding hunter rehab
I picked up a Western folding hunter this Summer on E-bay for $40 it has some staining on the blades but is otherwise very nice. I'll get some pics and post. I love the Westerns and the Folding Hunter pattern
Very very nice work Dale
Very very nice work Dale
"...Boys, those pocket knives are nice...but someday when you have grown to be men, you'll own a Case like this one here..."
Quote: My 4th grade teacher, Mr. Shipman
Quote: My 4th grade teacher, Mr. Shipman
Re: Western folding hunter rehab
I started collecting Westerns when they were still in business before Coleman and collectors often asked me why. I said I could get them for $10 when sinular knives by Case and Robeson were going for 10 times that. They told me "yea, but they just aren't as collectable". I just liked them. A few years later I was having the last laugh.
Re: Western folding hunter rehab
Really nice work Dale, A big transformation. Beautiful knife.
Harold
Harold
Re: Western folding hunter rehab
Thanks Harold.
I really think Western knives were some of the best carbon steel ever produced. There heat treating process is probably the secret because the knives were probably made out of 1095 steel like most other carbon steel knives.
There ease of sharpening and edge retention has always impressed me!
I really think Western knives were some of the best carbon steel ever produced. There heat treating process is probably the secret because the knives were probably made out of 1095 steel like most other carbon steel knives.
There ease of sharpening and edge retention has always impressed me!
Dale
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Re: Western folding hunter rehab
Dave, what a nice group of knives. I've got a couple of hunters myself. I sure like them.
That yellow piece there is quite the knife.
That yellow piece there is quite the knife.
Joe