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Posted: **Wed Feb 19, 2025 9:37 pm**

I was out-and-about yesterday after IHOP breakfast and found this. Measures 5 5/8" closed. The last two pics are with the camera flash on.

Thanks for looking,

Chris J.

Posted: **Wed Feb 19, 2025 10:31 pm**

Nice find. I have one like it, but newer. https://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/kn ... hp?t=70259 Probably the largest folding knife I have.

Yours is the only one I’ve seen with a dentate pull and a tang stamp. Most are etched.

Ken

Posted: **Thu Feb 20, 2025 12:54 am**

Mumbleypeg wrote: ↑Wed Feb 19, 2025 10:31 pm Nice find. I have one like it, but newer. https://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/kn ... hp?t=70259 Probably the largest folding knife I have. Yours is the only one I’ve seen with a dentate pull and a tang stamp. Most are etched.

Ken

Thanks Ken. I appreciate the info. Yes, this is the largest largest folder I have also--nothing shy about it, that's for sure.

Chris J.

Posted: **Thu Feb 20, 2025 2:17 am**

KA-BAR did not put model numbers on blades until owned by Cole National who started the practice around 1968-1969. The model 1179 ended in 1980 according to old KA-BAR literature. Your knife with the dentate pull would be an early one for the series.

Posted: **Thu Feb 20, 2025 3:42 am**

Gunsil wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2025 2:17 am KA-BAR did not put model numbers on blades until owned by Cole National who started the practice around 1968-1969. The model 1179 ended in 1980 according to old KA-BAR literature. Your knife with the dentate pull would be an early one for the series.

Thanks, Gunsil, for the information regarding the history of the 1179 pattern and a time frame for the manufacture of this one. I appreciate your sharing.

Chris J.

Posted: **Thu Feb 20, 2025 7:08 pm**

These are so cool Chris. I feel quite lucky to have the identical twin!

Posted: **Thu Feb 20, 2025 8:50 pm**

I'll have to coon-finger that one, Herb.

Posted: **Thu Feb 20, 2025 11:39 pm**

herbva wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2025 7:08 pm These are so cool Chris. I feel quite lucky to have the identical twin!

Hey Herb:

Sweet! A beauty of a twin. I was unfamiliar with this older version of the pattern until two days ago, and now I've seen two.

Chris J.

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