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?Question on a western states folding hunter . ?
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2025 11:51 pm
by Thomasg
Interesting knife offed on E- Bay .I can not seem to find a single blade folding hunter offered with bone scales in the knife makers who went west .Has this knife being offered been re handled in bone or is it a factory original? Also the jigging pattern looks nothing like any western knife I have viewed .
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Re: ?Question on a western states folding hunter . ?
Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2025 1:19 am
by Gunsil
TKWWW doesn't go back far enough. I have a circa 1925 Western States catalog with plenty of bone handled knives. KA-BAR made a lot of knives for them in the early days and the dentate pull on this knife reeks of KA-BAR. The handle jigging and color looks wrong, the jigging is close to what KA-BAR used but doesn't look quite right to me.
Re: ?Question on a western states folding hunter . ?
Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2025 1:32 am
by Thomasg
Gunsil wrote: ↑Fri Jan 24, 2025 1:19 am
TKWWW doesn't go back far enough. I have a circa 1925 Western States catalog with plenty of bone handled knives. KA-BAR made a lot of knives for them in the early days and the dentate pull on this knife reeks of KA-BAR. The handle jigging and color looks wrong, the jigging is close to what KA-BAR used but doesn't look quite right to me.
Thank you for your reply.the shield also looks to be a bit shinny compared to the knife blade condition ? Also the knife seller’s resume does not have the best of reviews. “Sports cob”
Re: ?Question on a western states folding hunter . ?
Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2025 2:41 am
by Gunsil
Oh, I didn't see the seller was Sporty!! He has a reputation for selling knives that have been messed with without saying so. Sometimes he sells really nice older knives but you gotta be really careful dealing with him.