L to R a small brown 445 had to dig, it was in my tackle box,
a redbone 424 complete with complementary crack kinda hard to find in any shape, not many people picked a dinky blade 426
a pocket worn buffalo stamped long spey 746 punch another that does not exactly grow on trees.
a nice 741 Muskrat bought from board member Cato. Thanks Cate.
a super nice buffalo stamped 745 Punch Stockman
and finaly a Redbone 742 with a concave ground spey and a honkin Sabre ground.
The Rodeo is still missing two cowboys.
But has a muskrat tail rider to wrangle up the strays 
In search of the elusive buffalo. I got the first one and thought someone had scratched a buffalo head on the backside tang of the main blade. Got another one and its almost like new and darn if that buffalo head showed back up. I believe this to be a transition type stamp from the rename from Western States to Western. I seen one other knife that had a buffalo head stamp and it actually said Western Bolder Colo on the front and Western states cutlery on the back with the buffalo stamp. I knew W. States eched buffalos on blades but never seen the stamp until then. I had an old price guide that said Western started stamping the model numbers on their knives in 1954, The company changed names in 1951 and according to the 1975 Western catalog they quit using bone on their knives in 1961. So all these are pre 61 and Im calling these 2 buffalos 1951-53. They both don't have sheilds either. Every time I think I got these figured out, something shows up and ruins the whole story. But,Thats my story and Im stickin to it.
And the last picture is for the Patriotic,Eat your heart out China, you will never be these on your best day. Made in U.S.A.
