? No. L58 ? Fixed blade
Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2023 11:45 pm
Blade 5 1/4 length 9 3/8 . Did any of the L58 fixed blades have a Bakelite. Pommel? Tang stamped WESTERN/Boulder Co./PAT #1967,479 .
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Re: ? No. L58 ? Fixed blade
Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2023 1:15 am
Yes, Western was putting brown swirl bakelite on pommels before WW2.
Re: ? No. L58 ? Fixed blade
Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2023 12:00 am
I think the baklite pommel looks great with the decorative red washers placed between the black leather sections .zzyzzogeton wrote: ↑Thu Nov 02, 2023 1:15 am Yes, Western was putting brown swirl bakelite on pommels before WW2.
Re: ? No. L58 ? Fixed blade
Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2023 1:09 am
I agree, that bakelite and red spacers really makes for a beautiful knife!