Now that's just too cool! You should visit the store one day with your knife and story. Ya never know, there might be some "old stock" in a back room somewhere. If the owner likes your story.....ya might get a shot at it.ken98k wrote:Well surprise, it is still there although the buildings that were on either side are gone. https://www.google.com/maps/uv?hl=en&pb ... CnoECAYQBg#Sasquach wrote:It might be an old cheapy Ken.....but it's cool old cheapy! I had one too, they did the job.
Love those ol' creaky floor hardware stores...we still have one left in the neighborhood.
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Those are very nice knives! Is that Morseth an AG Russell release? And can you show the sheath if you have one?
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Now kingknight, that is just rubbing it in. What 3 great looking knives. Wow.
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Good eye. Yes, that's a Russell made Morseth (2013). The sheath on the left came with the knife. The sheath on the right was made by Savage Made Sheaths in Saxis, VA. Sent him a rough outline and dimensions and he sent me back a fitted, well made sheath.tongueriver wrote:Those are very nice knives! Is that Morseth an AG Russell release? And can you show the sheath if you have one?
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doglegg wrote:Now kingknight, that is just rubbing it in. What 3 great looking knives. Wow. ::tu::
Thanks for the compliment. Like a beautiful woman, stag and a good blade are irresistible.
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Nice sharpness knight!!! Cant beat the beauty of Stag!!
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Paid my folks a nickel for this one. Mom thinks my grandfather made it. He was a machinist back in WWII and made a few things he brought home. No markings at all.
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Steve, very neat home made knife & sheath, all pure function. Definitely a family heirloom.
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Nice pair! Aircraft aluminum and lead solder for the sheath? Or....?
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Thanks guys. Probably aircraft aluminium for the sheath, not positive.
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This Morseth is beautiful!kingknight wrote:Randall Trailbazer
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Scored a couple today, thinking I might become very friendly with this one over the next few years!!!
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Scott that's a fine looking old Western you posted. I can see why you'd want to hang on to that one.
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Steve always like family history made in the knife. A cool knife even better as your grandfather had a hand in it.Steve Warden wrote:Paid my folks a nickel for this one. Mom thinks my grandfather made it. He was a machinist back in WWII and made a few things he brought home. No markings at all.
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And, she's sharper than any knife I've sharpened before. She actually cut me, resting on my leg....not like cut, but touched the skinphilco wrote:Scott that's a fine looking old Western you posted. I can see why you'd want to hang on to that one.
and caused a tiny irritation, just by resting against my skin. SCARY SHARP!!!
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No break in time necessary on that one Scott. A great looking knife and well suited to your ventures into the wild. I bet the boys will like it. And nothing beats a sharp knife.
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I bought two more Tim Withers knives this weekend. This one is a Fighter. I also bought a Big Bear, but I won't get that one until next weekend. [mattachment=0]image.jpeg[/attachment]
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You better watch the boys; you'll be turning them into knife folk if you show that around.TripleF wrote:And, she's sharper than any knife I've sharpened before. She actually cut me, resting on my leg....not like cut, but touched the skinphilco wrote:Scott that's a fine looking old Western you posted. I can see why you'd want to hang on to that one.
and caused a tiny irritation, just by resting against my skin. SCARY SHARP!!!
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Great old knife Scott!!!TripleF wrote:And, she's sharper than any knife I've sharpened before. She actually cut me, resting on my leg....not like cut, but touched the skinphilco wrote:Scott that's a fine looking old Western you posted. I can see why you'd want to hang on to that one.
and caused a tiny irritation, just by resting against my skin. SCARY SHARP!!!
Years ago a Samurai nut friend of mine told me the true test of sharpness for a knife is to hold it cutting edge up and drop a silk scarf on it from 2 feet above. If it cuts the scarf, it passes. I've had only a few that sharp over the years but the wife still got a little bent about her scarves.
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That's a beauty, Wally. Sleek lines.Wally Taylor wrote:I bought two more Tim Withers knives this weekend. This one is a Fighter. I also bought a Big Bear, but I won't get that one until next weekend. [mattachment=0]image.jpeg[/attachment]image.jpegimage.jpeg
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That's a beauty!Wally Taylor wrote:I bought two more Tim Withers knives this weekend. This one is a Fighter. I also bought a Big Bear, but I won't get that one until next weekend. [mattachment=0]image.jpeg[/attachment]image.jpegimage.jpeg
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Thanks guys. This one is a really early one. It's Tim's version of a Loveless Dixon Fighter. I just closed a deal on one of Tim's Big Bears, and it's a beauty. I get it Saturday. I was on the Loveless site, and Loveless Big Bear made today long after Bob is gone, go for $18,000. Tim's is really a great pattern, and seriously less money than the Loveless. The ones that Bob made are $35,000 now.
I'm really glad that Tim is a friend. He just keeps getting better and better even though he's only making knives part time. Some time this year he is going to'make me a folder. It will be very cool to get one of the first folders that he makes.
I'm really glad that Tim is a friend. He just keeps getting better and better even though he's only making knives part time. Some time this year he is going to'make me a folder. It will be very cool to get one of the first folders that he makes.
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That would be a WW2 vintage L71 Seabees knife. One of the earlier versions since it has a red stripe spacer.TripleF wrote:Scored a couple today, thinking I might become very friendly with this one over the next few years!!!
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Some folks have called it a USN MK1, a G46-5 or a G46-6, but Western, to my knowledge, never had an actual MK1 contract with knives having a USN or USN-MK1 stamped on them. The true WW2 G46-5s and G46-6s had bird beak pommels.
The L71 officially has a 5" blade, but I have some with 5-1/4", 5-1/2" and nearly 6" blades, so it "seems" Western was a little loose with their specs on the model. As Western was VERY cooperative with the west coast units of the Navy and Marines and had a lots of "unit level orders", it wouldn't surprise me if Western ran a few runs of "custom" versions of the 71.