This Western is the one my dad carried when he was in the US Army Timberwolf Division in WWII....it is my most prized knife and probably the reason I came to love Western knives.The knife is stamped West...Cut Boulder, Colo.The sheath is stamped Western States Cut. & Mfg. Co. Boulder, Colo. and has an image of a cowboy on a bucking bronco on it.Click on pictures for best picture
Lovely knife Vicman Westerns were very popular during the war as I understand it. I don’t have one yet but hoping to get an L77 for my WW2 collection at some point.
I used this Western Bowie for camping. It was a great camp knife and the sheath is designed so that once the leg straps are tied to your leg it swivels so you can sit without the knife being in the way.Click on picture for best picture
Vicman, I remember looking at the 49's is those old displays. I dont know why I never bought one. They'd make a good camp knife!Quote from: VICMAN on January 09, 2019, 12:40:04 PMThis Western is the one my dad carried when he was in the US Army Timberwolf Division in WWII....it is my most prized knife and probably the reason I came to love Western knives.
This Western is the one my dad carried when he was in the US Army Timberwolf Division in WWII....it is my most prized knife and probably the reason I came to love Western knives.
That's a nice Western TB. The sheaths are more difficult to obtain than the knife.Congrats.
It makes sense that Case would have also made this pattern, since the maker of Western had married into the Case family. What's the Case one of these called?Saw another of these for sale locally with a blade on one end and saw on the other, for about $100. Slightly different pattern, though.
Here are two of other makers.The first one is a Buck 317 that was made by Camillus for Buck.The second is made by Queen and features D2 steel.
Quote from: ThundahBeagle on January 12, 2019, 03:37:48 PMIt makes sense that Case would have also made this pattern, since the maker of Western had married into the Case family. What's the Case one of these called?Saw another of these for sale locally with a blade on one end and saw on the other, for about $100. Slightly different pattern, though.The Case model number would depend on the material used for the scales.For instance a standard wood scale model would be a 6265,with Stag it would be 5265.The last numbers would remain the same,that is,65.If it's a single blade model it would be a 6165.Here are two of other makers.The first one is a Buck 317 that was made by Camillus for Buck.The second is made by Queen and features D2 steel.
Good info, TG. May we see them open to compare the blade shape.I have to admit, mine does not seem particularly sharp. I should be able to make it so, but it doesn't seem like it was abused either.
Quote from: ThundahBeagle on January 12, 2019, 08:41:39 PMGood info, TG. May we see them open to compare the blade shape.I have to admit, mine does not seem particularly sharp. I should be able to make it so, but it doesn't seem like it was abused either.Here are the blade profiles.As can be seen the,Buck 317 has two blades both of which have flat grinds.The Queen on the other hand,has a sabre grind on the main blade with a flat grind on the skinning blade.These are the profiles that most manufactures follow.Some makers have both blades that have flat grinds and some makers have a combination of sabre grind and flat grind with the skinning blade always having a flat grind.
Here are the blade profiles.
The top two pictures are the Camillus #26 Hunter.Even though Camillus made the 317 Hunter for Buck,their own version the #26,featured a sabre grind on its main blade as apposed to the flat grind for the Buck.The bottom two pictures are the Schrade model 227UH,under the Uncle Henry brand.As can be seen,both blades feature flat grinds.
Great pics toolguy! I used to have a Schrade 227UH and I regret trading it off.
Quote from: VICMAN on January 13, 2019, 10:46:57 PMGreat pics toolguy! I used to have a Schrade 227UH and I regret trading it off. Thanks.You can still find these NIB on ebay for around $50.00