Real Winchester or Not Real ?

[thestretch71]

I have come across a old beat up knife that I was going to put on the Bay.
However I question just how old it is or if it's really a 1930s Winchester knife.
Please review these pictures & chime in with your ideas.
It is a thin jack knife with tip bolsters.
Brass liners with the center liner cutout in the well.
It feels like an old prewar knife to me but there is no pattern number & the red scales seem a bit off.

Thanks in advance for schooling I am about to receive.

Stretch

[stockman]

I think they made junkie little stuff like that late in their years. I say real maybe like a assortment knife.

Harold

[1967redrider]

I say real because no one would waste their time trying to make a fake low end knife. Not that there's anything wrong with this knife, but it is not a high dollar knife to begin with.

[btrwtr]

Looks like a Winchester assortment knife to me as well.

[FRJ]

"Assortment knife", I don't think I've seen that term used here before.
Will someone elaborate on that?

Thank you.

[btrwtr]

Assortment knives were a lesser quality Winchetser knife. Normally stamped on only the master blade without patter numbers. These knives were sold to dealers in an assortment of different patterns and materials to be sold from display cards.

[thestretch71]

I do appreciate all the info.
My concerns about this knife were likely then based on my romanticized version of the the industry.
I have always held a bit of belief that the US did not begin to cheapen all manufactured products until after the 1940's
Not just knifes but almost everything.
Somewhere on the wide web I had read that Pre-War , Robeson & Winchester were considered to be top tier knifes at that time.
"They sure don't make em like they used to" must be a much older concept than I thought.

Thanks
Stretch

[Winchester M21]

I’ll agree with the lower quality assortment knife verdict!

Still says Winchester and that always makes me