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165 PATTERN FIXED-BLADE SERIAL NUMBER SURVEY
These are figures I have made note of SO FAR. Please subtract out-of-date numbers and replace with your own for knives that you are absolutely sure of. In other words, do a reply-quote and carefully edit. Please no pictures, discussion or chit-chat!!!! Just figures!!! A short addendum of production figures seems to also be in order in this thread, so I have added some notes by Codger on that subject.
OLD TIMER BLADE LEFT:
Lowest: 00009!!!
Highest: 21123
OLD TIMER BLADE RIGHT, ALL (736 range so far) OF THEM:
(So far, we have found a SW165OT with serial number 18015 stamped 'blade left', which is within the following range for 'blade right', so we know that they were going back and forth within a range. Very odd).
17643
17769
18172
18282
18379
NORM THOMPSON SHIKARI, BLADE LEFT:
Lowest: 00160
Highest: 02953
UNCLE HENRY BLADE LEFT:
Lowest: 00201
Highest: 05478
UNCLE HENRY BLADE RIGHT:
Lowest: 06279
Highest: 18540
RECORDED PRODUCTION AND ANY SHIPPED NUMBERS BY YEAR:
There were 1,237 165OT made in 1966 (#0001 - #01237), and were 4,165 165OT made in 1967 (#01238 - #05402).
There were (missing text) 165UH produced and shipped in 1968. 2,584 were ordered before the end of the year, but it appears that less than 2,000 actually shipped. Orders rose to 2,864 in 1969 with just over 2,000 shipped. Orders plummeted in 1970, and only 941 shipped that year. With production based upon the previous year's sales, 1,000 remained in inventory at year's end. 466 of those shipped out in 1971, 310 in 1972.
These are figures I have made note of SO FAR. Please subtract out-of-date numbers and replace with your own for knives that you are absolutely sure of. In other words, do a reply-quote and carefully edit. Please no pictures, discussion or chit-chat!!!! Just figures!!! A short addendum of production figures seems to also be in order in this thread, so I have added some notes by Codger on that subject.
OLD TIMER BLADE LEFT:
Lowest: 00009!!!
Highest: 21123
OLD TIMER BLADE RIGHT, ALL (736 range so far) OF THEM:
(So far, we have found a SW165OT with serial number 18015 stamped 'blade left', which is within the following range for 'blade right', so we know that they were going back and forth within a range. Very odd).
17643
17769
18172
18282
18379
NORM THOMPSON SHIKARI, BLADE LEFT:
Lowest: 00160
Highest: 02953
UNCLE HENRY BLADE LEFT:
Lowest: 00201
Highest: 05478
UNCLE HENRY BLADE RIGHT:
Lowest: 06279
Highest: 18540
RECORDED PRODUCTION AND ANY SHIPPED NUMBERS BY YEAR:
There were 1,237 165OT made in 1966 (#0001 - #01237), and were 4,165 165OT made in 1967 (#01238 - #05402).
There were (missing text) 165UH produced and shipped in 1968. 2,584 were ordered before the end of the year, but it appears that less than 2,000 actually shipped. Orders rose to 2,864 in 1969 with just over 2,000 shipped. Orders plummeted in 1970, and only 941 shipped that year. With production based upon the previous year's sales, 1,000 remained in inventory at year's end. 466 of those shipped out in 1971, 310 in 1972.
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