Nice find an at Auction - Western G46-6

[CampbellAr2]

This one seems to be a bit odd from what Ive seen before, appreciate your thoughts before I start trying to clean this up

Blade - 5 3/4 inches long, with fuller and blued
Steel guard
Metal "birds head" pommel - with lanyard hole
Red washers stacked at either end of the leather stack
The stamp on the blade is pretty poor reading, but I can make out
Western
Boulder, COLO
and the 3rd line I cant make out-

Based off what I've been reading in the forum, is this a early War production, or something cobbled together post war with surplus parts?

[Gunsil]

Knife is original although pitted. They made them in two models, one with aluminum pommel like yours and one with a flat steel butt cap. Both are fairly common WW2 knives. They also made both in blued or bright blades if my memory is working.

[CampbellAr2]

Many thanks!

[Thomasg]