Show off your Winchester Knives

Winchester entered the knife market as a manufacturer in 1919 by acquiring two existing knife companies; Eagle Knife Co. of Connecticut & Napanoch Knife Co. of New York. Winchester stepped away from the market in 1942 to focus on war related manufactured products, but re-entered in the late 1980s by licensing its name to Blue Grass Cutlery. Blue Grass had high quality knives made by Queen Cutlery that featured the Winchester brand name for a handful of years until the license arrangement ran its course. Winchester eventually started licensing to other companies & now you will find the brand name used by several knife manufacturers by way of license agreements.
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Wow! I didnt know Schrade made some knives for Winchester. I dont have any other Winchester knives with that kind of bone. It does stand out from the others. Thanks for the info. Mike-Desert Golfer
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Here is an old warrior, hard snap and no wobble. Been a while since i got it out to carry. It dont mind a little hard work, it says bring it on.
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Lucky Dog, That is a Beautiful Old Winchester, Beautiful Bone with Fluted Bolsters.
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Thanks Desert Golfer.
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Lucky Dog, Here is an Old Winchester similar to yours. Pattern 2908 with Fluted Bolsters. This Old Knife avoids hard work.
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I Discovered this Winchester Equal End Knife in an Antique Store in Oceanside, CA. Last month at a very reasonable price and eagerly purchased it. Its a seldom seen color. The blades have had quite a bit of sharpening but has good snap and the handles have no cracks. It lives in Arizona now.
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That 2908 is a good looking knife. i wouldnt let it work either lol.
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This one will be a safe queen as well. I've owned a number of black box Winchesters and every one has had a bear trap gator snap; this 2904½ Stag Trapper from 1992 is no exception. I also like the profile of the spay blade with that unusual swage grind.
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Another black box Winchester. This 1991 2935 does not have the hard gator snap like all my other black box Winchesters as I was expecting. But, being NOS, it still has some dried factory oil on it that I need to clean off; so maybe/hopefully that will make a difference in the snap. ::fc::

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Great looking knife, Q! Hard to believe it's 30 years old. ::mdm::
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That stag looks better on those knives that it did on the deer. Monkey is a monk of varied taste. ::nod:: ::nod:: ::tu::
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My modern collection so far.
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You have some great looking knives there! ::tu:: ::tu::

The one in the center, is it a 2 blade Jack? I love that far left Cigar and the far right Gunstock. ::drool::
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1967redrider wrote: Thu Aug 26, 2021 2:04 pm You have some great looking knives there! ::tu:: ::tu::

The one in the center, is it a 2 blade Jack? I love that far left Cigar and the far right Gunstock. ::drool::
Thank you, that is a 3904 three spring whittler.
The second from the left is a 2857 serpentine two blade Jack.
I also have (not pictured above) the 2921 Coffin Jack.
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Thanks, awesome looking knives. ::tu:: ::tu::
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What is wrong with that pearl Winchester with the etched blade and nail ?
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Jacknifeben wrote: Thu Aug 26, 2021 10:49 pm What is wrong with that pearl Winchester with the etched blade and nail ?


Where is it, JKB? ::shrug::
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I had it on eBay for a while with no bids. It is a small one with a bail.
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Got another one today, 2904 1/2 Trapper.
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lentuk wrote: Wed Sep 08, 2021 9:57 pm Got another one today, 2904 1/2 Trapper.
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Who made this fine looking Winchester Trapper?
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treefarmer wrote: Thu Sep 09, 2021 12:34 am
lentuk wrote: Wed Sep 08, 2021 9:57 pm Got another one today, 2904 1/2 Trapper.
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Who made this fine looking Winchester Trapper?
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That looks like a Black Box Winchester made by Blue Grass. I happen to love them. ::tu:: ::tu::
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Yes, Black Box Winchester from Blue Grass but manufactured by Queen Cutlery.
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10-4. ::tu::
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My fist Winchester came in early this AM. Single Spey blade that I found on some old website. Seems brand new and the finish could be a little better with a small gap in the spine but I'm happy. Its tough finding a single Spey blade so I'm pretty pumped.
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lentuk wrote: Thu Sep 09, 2021 1:00 am Yes, Black Box Winchester from Blue Grass but manufactured by Queen Cutlery.
huuhh, interesting.. Mine must be the same because I believe I bought from Blue Grass as well.. Thanks for the info.
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