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hello everyone. has anyone ever seen a western like this one. it is a lockback with a saw blade. no pattern number. it is stainless still with no scales. i think it is all stainless steel. thanks, for the help. denny

Is that "thing" a double lockback or is that a shadow that appears to be another blade lock? Treefarmer

it is a dlb. lock back

I suspect this is one of the Camillus-made Westerns, that double-lockback looks very much like a Camillus design. In any event, it appears to have not been finished at the factory (maybe from the sell-off when Camillus shut down?).

I am sure Jim is right.
Camillus made them under both the Camillus & Western names.
I think that model was covered with a rubbery plastic that went around it to give a good grip when wet or bloody.
They came in several different models, different sizes and blade patterns.

After a closer look, that looks more like a pet grooming blade than it does a saw blade.

Hey Denny___here's one made by Western,very similar to yours (not my knife)___it was up for trade a few weeks back ???

http://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/kni ... 33&t=32632

jerryd6818 wrote:After a closer look, that looks more like a pet grooming blade than it does a saw blade.

Camillus called it a bone saw in their 1994 catalog, (page 4 - see the mdl #893B)
http://www.collectors-of-camillus.us/Ca ... -CAT4s.pdf

I have the #893B minus the handle covering and the springs for the blunt nose skinner blade and the bone saw.
I actually tried the bone saw blade on a piece of deer skull at the base of some antlers and found the teeth to be quite effective on bone.

I am not sure when they used it in the Westerns, or if that was an end of days thing.

This is what your knife would look like with the original handles (except for the drop point blade) . This one is a Camillus , but I have the same knife with the Western tang stamp and drop point blade in my shop . If I can remember I will try to get a pic of it this weekend and post it .

Bob R. (RIDGEWOOD CUTLERY)

OK fellas. i really do thank you all for the help on this knife. thanks, denny

Here's the Western with drop point .