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Do not se a model stamp. Any ideas on model and date of manufacture? New at knife collecting. Thank you.

There is a good bit of blade loss, so it’s difficult to say what model.

That aluminum pommel is indicative of WWII time period. Prior to that, it would have been wood and sometime in the 50’s it would have been changed to a composite.

The leather washers are weird, too. Would not say they’re replacements, because that is a difficult job for anyone and requires some specialized equipment.

I am a long time collector of Robeson cutlery, but never really got into their straight knives, other than the issue knives during WWII.

There's a picture of a Robeson WWII military fixed blade in Price & Zalesky's book, but it looks more like the standard Ka-Bar.

Knife was made by Kinfolks for Robeson before Robeson bought Kinfolks. Likely a pre-war or early wartime knife. Wood pommels were used during the war when aluminum was declared a strategic material, sometime in 1942 or 43. They did not go to composite pommels after the war, all post war Robeson hunters I have seen have aluminum pommels. Like Jerry says, your knife has a lot of blade wear and it looks like the leather handle rings got soaked in water at some point making them all uneven.

Thank yall so much for your input. I enjoy learning about knives. Thank you so much.

Like I said, Robeson straight knives were not my area of interest.

Gunsil knows what he’s talking about.