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Tested 6383 ???
Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2012 3:12 am
by Tucool
G'day all,
I was looking at this whittler on ebay and thought it looked wrong,being I'm only a novice I was hoping for some input on it's authenticity.
Re: Tested 6383 ???
Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2012 3:17 am
by robinetn
Good eye ! The only bone used for tested era 6383 whittlers was greenbone . The shield is from the 1970's era . It has probably been shaved down and re-stamped .
Bob
Re: Tested 6383 ???
Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2012 3:20 am
by MrBlister
Bob...... are you suggesting that thang
is as fake as a congress' merit badge for honesty???
LOL
LOL
Re: Tested 6383 ???
Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2012 3:23 am
by Tucool
robinetn wrote:Good eye ! The only bone used for tested era 6383 whittlers was greenbone . The shield is from the 1970's era . It has probably been shaved down and re-stamped .
Bob
Thanks Bob
Re: Tested 6383 ???
Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2012 1:15 pm
by Elvis
Shaved and restamped or a Tested Era blade was used to replace the original master blade. I have seen some beautiful Redbone Tested knives, but they ALL came from the collection of Bob Farquarson (sp?) a former president of W.R. Case. He was around at a time when a man in his position could easily have had such knives made for him (and did). Unless that knife can be traced back to such a collection, I'll have to stand-by the first part of this post.