Recent Knife Additions to my small collection

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I picked these up on eBay over the last couple weeks. None were too expensive. The PAL RH-37 was just over $100 the rest were under $50. I have another PAL RH-37 on its way that I won yesterday for $50 less than I paid for the one pictured.

 

For some reason I like the PAL Knives. They led me to bidding on some Remington and DuPont Knives.

 

It seems Remington made knives from 1920-1930 then DuPont took over from 1930-1940 and finally PAL from 1940-1950. Can anyone confirm if those approximate dates are close to correct?

 

First Group is PAL-35 U.S.N and Mark I Stamped in U.S.N. Sheath, PAL-37 and U.S. NAVY stamped in U.S.N. Sheath, and a Kinfolks in Sheath design I have now seen multiple times. Is it original wartime or post war?

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More Pics of First Group

 

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Second Group contains a Robeson No. 20 that is also U.S.N. stamped and has a wood pommel, a PAL-35 that I had that is in better condition also U.S.N. Mark I stamped in a plastic U.S.N. MkI Scabbard, PAL RH-50, PAL RH-51 with STAINLESS STEEL on the blade, Western L46-5 also in that scroll type sheath, and finally a Remington RH-31 which I believe is from the 1920s or early 1930s. The RH-31 is the only leather marked sheath in this group with REMINGTON UMC in a Circle.

 

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PAL-35

 

 

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Western L46-5 Ricasso Markings

 

 

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PAL RH-50 and RH-51 Blade Markings

 

 

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Remington RH-31 Blade and Sheath Markings

 

 

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[sactroop]

Nice set of knives. The Western L46-5 is a post WW2 knife. Western didn't start stamping the stock numbers on the blades until after WW2. Previously their practice was to stamp the patent number for the "bifurcated" tang on the blade. The patent expired in 1953. They tended towards including the stock number on their fixed blade knives and some of their folders from that time and going forward.

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Nice set of knives.  The Western L46-5 is a post WW2 knife.  Western didn't start stamping the stock numbers on the blades until after WW2.  Previously their practice was to stamp the patent number for the "bifurcated" tang on the blade.  The patent expired in 1953. They tended towards including the stock number on their fixed blade knives and some of their folders from that time and going forward.

So I had it backwards. The ones with the patent and without the model are the WWII Western Knives?

 

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The patent was applied for in 1931 and awarded in 1933. Ran out 20 years later, but for the most part with a few short lived exceptions, no one else ever adopted the bifurcated tang. When Camillus acquired the rights to Western in 1991 they considered the costs in tooling up to keep making the fixed blade knives the same way, but decided it would be too costly.