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Good day to all! This is a little over 5”. It looks like it from research this tang stamp would be 1961-1977. I can’t find much info on these handles. Pattern number 062

I'm thinking at some point the handles were replaced.

From 1936, when the 06 pattern was introduced as the 6206 through the 1982 catalog, most advertised 06s had a oval shield on the mark side handle. The only ones that did not have a shield had bone stag handles AND a bail hole in the pommel bolster. The advertised handles were stag (5206), bone stag (6206), or composition pearl (2206).

The knife is definitely post-1955 as that is when Western started putting model numbers on the pile side of the primary blade. The 1959-1960 062s had a lanyard hole and a shield or just a shield. From 1967 onward, no lanyard hole. The lanyard hole could have been dropped at any time between 1962 and 1967.

Good info! This is not my knife but I have it in hand. It is an older friend of mine and he doesn’t use internet. He does have a lot of knives and seemed to think this is a rare one. I will let him know it is possible that it has been rehandled. I appreciate your response and sharing your knowledge!

It does seem to be in near mint/mint range on condition

The partial images seem to show blade loss.

tongueriver wrote: ↑Tue Nov 29, 2022 3:53 pm The partial images seem to show blade loss.

Agree, blades appear to have loss due to past sharpening. It looks like the blades have been buffed to a “shiny” appearance. Not to be mis-characterized as mint to near-mint.

Ken

Thanks for pointing that out! Looking closer it looks like it has some blade loss