Re: Possible Counterfeit Cattaraugus
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2020 2:41 am
This is not true.Many old knives had shields that layed on the handles and not inlayed,or barely inlayed.Froe wrote: ↑Fri Apr 17, 2020 10:13 pm A quick check is to see if the shield is resting in top of the handles instead of inlaid into the bone. If the shield isn't sunk into the bone it's gonna be a stinker.
Many years a ago (25? 30?) I bought one of these at a show thinking it might be fun just to carry a dressy knife I could still beat around. The guy said he put them together from parts along with some other more honest knives that he had rehandled. He did nice work. Kinda pretty, but I never carried it and I still have it. I also have a worm grove rehandled Hibbard Spenser and Bartlett trapper I got from him.
Keith
