All About Pocket Knives

Hello everyone thanks for letting me join the group. I picked up a pocket knife recently. A Union Cut Co Dog head shield knife. This is the first one with a Dogs head on it in my collection.It sure has an awful strong snap to it. There is no model number on this knife. It’s 5 1/4” closed and 9” when open. Can anyone tell me about when this knife was made? And would this be considered a Coke bottle style pocket knife? Any other information you have on this knife I’m all ears. Thanks.

Your knife was made between 1911 and 1923 when Union Cut adopted the KA-BAR name. With the straight line stamping I would say more towards 1920 than 1911. Union Cut never put model numbers on blades and KA-BAR (no longer Union Cut) didn't put model numbers on blades until 1969. Yes, it is a "coke bottle" pattern, and an older name for this pattern was "beaver tail". Yours has had the blade cleaned and re-shaped and it's short.

Thanks appreciate all the information

How long was the blade when new?