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Legit Knife? Or parts knife?
Posted: Mon May 04, 2026 2:54 am
by American Blade 92
Found dis on eBay. I think the main blade has been "grafted in"
The shield is identical to one I had on a Western boulder Colorado whittler.
Re: Legit Knife? Or parts knife?
Posted: Mon May 04, 2026 3:04 am
by American Blade 92
Here's the Western whittler I bought years ago with the exact same shield
Re: Legit Knife? Or parts knife?
Posted: Mon May 04, 2026 5:39 pm
by orvet
It is difficult to tell from the pictures, especially viewing it on my phone, but it appears to me that the knife has been worked on. If you look at the secondary blade and the bolsters there, you can see that there is no pin visible in the bolster. If you look at the master blade, the pin is highly visible from both sides of the bolsters. Such visibility, in my experience, is rarely seen on knives from the factory. It appears that at least the master blade has been removed and then reinstalled, or perhaps a different blade has been installed in its place.
Peening the pins without them showing is not easy unless you do a lot of them. There is also the problem of the material the pin is made from. Nickel silver made 100 years ago can definitely vary from the composition of nickel silver made today. Often new pins don't match old bolsters.
Just my observations.
Re: Legit Knife? Or parts knife?
Posted: Mon May 04, 2026 6:31 pm
by American Blade 92
orvet wrote: ↑Mon May 04, 2026 5:39 pm
It is difficult to tell from the pictures, especially viewing it on my phone, but it appears to me that the knife has been worked on. If you look at the secondary blade and the bolsters there, you can see that there is no pin visible in the bolster. If you look at the master blade, the pin is highly visible from both sides of the bolsters. Such visibility, in my experience, is rarely seen on knives from the factory. It appears that at least the master blade has been removed and then reinstalled, or perhaps a different blade has been installed in its place.
Peening the pins without them showing is not easy unless you do a lot of them. There is also the problem of the material the pin is made from. Nickel silver made 100 years ago can definitely vary from the composition of nickel silver made today. Often new pins don't match old bolsters.
Just my observations.
Thanks for that input Orvet!