?Question on a western states folding hunter . ?

[Thomasg]

Interesting knife offed on E- Bay .I can not seem to find a single blade folding hunter offered with bone scales in the knife makers who went west .Has this knife being offered been re handled in bone or is it a factory original? Also the jigging pattern looks nothing like any western knife I have viewed .

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[Gunsil]

TKWWW doesn't go back far enough. I have a circa 1925 Western States catalog with plenty of bone handled knives. KA-BAR made a lot of knives for them in the early days and the dentate pull on this knife reeks of KA-BAR. The handle jigging and color looks wrong, the jigging is close to what KA-BAR used but doesn't look quite right to me.

[Thomasg]

TKWWW doesn't go back far enough. I have a circa 1925 Western States catalog with plenty of bone handled knives. KA-BAR made a lot of knives for them in the early days and the dentate pull on this knife reeks of KA-BAR. The handle jigging and color looks wrong, the jigging is close to what KA-BAR used but doesn't look quite right to me.

Thank you for your reply.the shield also looks to be a bit shinny compared to the knife blade condition ? Also the knife seller’s resume does not have the best of reviews. “Sports cob”

[Gunsil]

Oh, I didn't see the seller was Sporty!! He has a reputation for selling knives that have been messed with without saying so. Sometimes he sells really nice older knives but you gotta be really careful dealing with him.