All About Pocket Knives

Wlf, a little off topic, but we used to use the steels for tightening up the nut on the outter ring of our meat grinder.. maybe your steel got broken doing that? since steels are very hard they might also be brittle, just a guess however, Terry

Were they stamping steel back in the 40s or are even the cheaper looking knives forged? I found a filet knife that seems like an interesting restoration project.