Help ID Winchester Knife

[bcpitch5]

Can anyone ID & date this Winchester. Is it a cattle knife or premium stock? There is only one stamp on the main blade and no model number stamp. It measures 3 1/2" closed. Any info would be appreciated!

[Desert Golfer]

It`s an Equal End Cattle Knife. Made in the 1930`s. Celluloid Scales. Winchester eliminated some blade stamping to save money during the 1930`s after Winchester was bought by the Olin Corp. after bankruptcy. Mike

[Mumbleypeg]

Welcome to AAPK. The Winchester catalog reprint I have shows no cattle knife with that blade configuration - the 3937 pattern is the only one with a pen blade, but it has a spear master with a spey and pen. It is 3-5/8 inches with stag handles. All cattle patterns shown are 3-5/8 inches. Other than the aforementioned 3937 they all have some combination of either spear or clip masters with sheepfoot and spey, or spey and punch blades.

Four patterns shown and described as “Light Cattle Pattern” are 3-3/8 inches closed length. All of those have spear, sheepfoot and spey, or clip, spey, and punch blades.

You might measure your knife again - unless you have calipers it’s easy to be off by an eighth of an inch. The catalog says the Winchester pattern number convention is, the first number is the number of blades, the second number is the handle cover material (1 being celluloid, 2 is “Fancy Celluloid”, and so on). The last two numbers were the factory pattern number. However it says there are some inconsistencies in the system “due to integrating patterns from three original and separate knife companies”.

Just because the knife isn’t shown in the catalog I have, doesn’t mean there is anything amiss with your knife. It could be from a later period, especially since it’s stamped on only one blade.

Ken

[bcpitch5]

Thank you guys for the info! I did measure it again and it is 3 3/8", so would that make it the "light cattle pattern"?