I have come across a old beat up knife that I was going to put on the Bay.
However I question just how old it is or if it's really a 1930s Winchester knife.
Please review these pictures & chime in with your ideas.
It is a thin jack knife with tip bolsters.
Brass liners with the center liner cutout in the well.
It feels like an old prewar knife to me but there is no pattern number & the red scales seem a bit off.
Thanks in advance for schooling I am about to receive.
Stretch
Real Winchester or Not Real ?
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Re: Real Winchester or Not Real ?
I think they made junkie little stuff like that late in their years. I say real maybe like a assortment knife.
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Re: Real Winchester or Not Real ?
I say real because no one would waste their time trying to make a fake low end knife. Not that there's anything wrong with this knife, but it is not a high dollar knife to begin with.
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Re: Real Winchester or Not Real ?
Looks like a Winchester assortment knife to me as well.
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Re: Real Winchester or Not Real ?
"Assortment knife", I don't think I've seen that term used here before.
Will someone elaborate on that?
Thank you.
Joe
Re: Real Winchester or Not Real ?
Assortment knives were a lesser quality Winchetser knife. Normally stamped on only the master blade without patter numbers. These knives were sold to dealers in an assortment of different patterns and materials to be sold from display cards.
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Re: Real Winchester or Not Real ?
I do appreciate all the info.
My concerns about this knife were likely then based on my romanticized version of the the industry.
I have always held a bit of belief that the US did not begin to cheapen all manufactured products until after the 1940's
Not just knifes but almost everything.
Somewhere on the wide web I had read that Pre-War , Robeson & Winchester were considered to be top tier knifes at that time.
"They sure don't make em like they used to" must be a much older concept than I thought.
Thanks
Stretch
My concerns about this knife were likely then based on my romanticized version of the the industry.
I have always held a bit of belief that the US did not begin to cheapen all manufactured products until after the 1940's
Not just knifes but almost everything.
Somewhere on the wide web I had read that Pre-War , Robeson & Winchester were considered to be top tier knifes at that time.
"They sure don't make em like they used to" must be a much older concept than I thought.
Thanks
Stretch
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Re: Real Winchester or Not Real ?
I’ll agree with the lower quality assortment knife verdict!
Still says Winchester and that always makes me
Still says Winchester and that always makes me
Life is too short to carry an ugly knife!!
Shawn
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