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Grandpa’s Western Knife


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I have been looking for years for someone to rehandle my grandfather’s Western knife from WWII.  My goal was to get it the point where I could actually use it.  Just by chance, I found out my distant cousin is a talented blacksmith.  I am extremely proud to show you the finished product.  BTW, my grandfather (Henry Defevers) served on the USS Tennessee in the pacific theater.

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It looks like an early post-WW2 knife.  They started switching away with the tang stamp with the patient number for the bifurcated tang after the war  also they started stamping the stock number on the opposite side of the blade around the same time.  They weren't very consistent with the change over so we see lots of variations from the late 40's to the early 50's.  This is really just my best guess.

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I should say that I'm referring to their fixed blade knives in the earlier post.  Although as time goes on they would continue to make other changes.

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