western lockback question

[bronco2]

hello everyone. has anyone ever seen a western like this one. it is a lockback with a saw blade. no pattern number. it is stainless still with no scales. i think it is all stainless steel. thanks, for the help. denny

[treefarmer]

Is that "thing" a double lockback or is that a shadow that appears to be another blade lock? Treefarmer

[bronco2]

it is a dlb. lock back

[coffeecup]

I suspect this is one of the Camillus-made Westerns, that double-lockback looks very much like a Camillus design. In any event, it appears to have not been finished at the factory (maybe from the sell-off when Camillus shut down?).

[orvet]

I am sure Jim is right.
Camillus made them under both the Camillus & Western names.
I think that model was covered with a rubbery plastic that went around it to give a good grip when wet or bloody.
They came in several different models, different sizes and blade patterns.

[jerryd6818]

After a closer look, that looks more like a pet grooming blade than it does a saw blade.

[big monk]

Hey Denny___here's one made by Western,very similar to yours (not my knife)___it was up for trade a few weeks back ???

http://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/kni ... 33&t=32632

[orvet]

After a closer look, that looks more like a pet grooming blade than it does a saw blade.

Camillus called it a bone saw in their 1994 catalog, (page 4 - see the mdl #893B)
http://www.collectors-of-camillus.us/Ca ... -CAT4s.pdf

I have the #893B minus the handle covering and the springs for the blunt nose skinner blade and the bone saw.
I actually tried the bone saw blade on a piece of deer skull at the base of some antlers and found the teeth to be quite effective on bone.

I am not sure when they used it in the Westerns, or if that was an end of days thing.

[robinetn]

This is what your knife would look like with the original handles (except for the drop point blade) . This one is a Camillus , but I have the same knife with the Western tang stamp and drop point blade in my shop . If I can remember I will try to get a pic of it this weekend and post it .

Bob R. (RIDGEWOOD CUTLERY)

[bronco2]

OK fellas. i really do thank you all for the help on this knife. thanks, denny

[robinetn]

Here's the Western with drop point .