Winchester - 17” Carbon Steel  Chef Knife

MAKER:   Winchester 

PATTERN:   Chef Knife 

BLADE ETCH:   WINCHESTER/TRADE MARK/MADE IN U.S.A./7027 

OAL:   17” 

BLADE LENGTH:   11-1/2”

BLADE:   Carbon Steel                                   

HANDLE:   Wood 

CONDITION:   Very Good

DAMAGE:   Normal dings, nicks & wear. Crack in the pile side of the wood handle but not loose.

BLADE WEAR: It’s hard to tell what size the blade originally was but I think 95 % of it is here. 

MADE IN:   U.S.A. 

ADDITIONAL INFO:     I know little about Winchester knives and even less about the kitchen knives. Looking at the blade the heel of the blade is forged in the bolster is not forged and the tang is a hidden and the handle is held on by a square nut. The knife manufacturing portion and an in and of Winchester began in 1919 and ended about 1942 with the start of the 2^nd World War. Winchester began by purchasing Eagle Knife Company & m Napanoch cutlery. In 1922 Winchester merged with an E. C. Simmons hardware company in of St. Louis Missouri and moved their operation from Walden New York to New Haven. In 1929 Winchester-Simmons dissolved. In 1931 the Western Cartridge Company purchase Winchester are some. They continued to make an cutlery until about 1942. (See Goins’)

Most of my sources that deal with Winchester are geared towards pocketknives and not kitchen knives. In evaluating this knife I find it fascinating it has a forged kick on it, like the older French Sabatier. I don’t remember seeing a hidden tang chef knife in recent memory with the forged carbon steel blade, I think this knife was probably made sometime in the 1920s. It would make a great display, conversation piece or a great working chefs knife! I have not sharpened this knife since I bought it will have I used it and yet the blade still good and sharp.

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