"Black Box" Winchesters

Just wanted to say nice work on the reference chart/photos Al, thank you. What a great thread this is for Winchester collectors. I just picked up a coffin jack, and it is well built, as good as any knife I own.

 
Some of the first knives I collected.The varied bone and shield rarity of various patterns are shown in "Price Guide to Collector Knives". Pretty good reference,although not as inclusive as posted above, thanks Al.
 
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coolio said:
Just wanted to say nice work on the reference chart/photos Al, thank you. What a great thread this is for Winchester collectors. I just picked up a coffin jack, and it is well built, as good as any knife I own.

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Nice one, Brad... and thanks, it was fun putting it together.


wlfryjr said:
Some of the first knives I collected.The varied bone and shield rarity of various patterns are shown in "Price Guide to Collector Knives". Pretty good reference,although not as inclusive as posted above, thanks Al.
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Thanks, Lyle and you're welcome!
 
Beautiful knives folks as well as a nice reference. Really well built knives for sure and likely to become more sought after as the years go by.

On a side note, are there any other manufacturers who have had such good luck doing black bone? This stuff is jet black with no light spots on the samples I have seen?
 
It's actually bone manufactured by Rogers Mfg. Co, for Queen, who made the knife on contract from Blue Grass Cutlery, sold as Winchester. Rogers mad a lot of bone for a lot of companies. This bone looks black, but is actually very very dark brown (and some not so dark, just brown). More on Rogers from Levine: http://pweb.netcom.com/~brlevine/bonehand.txt
 
Thanks, Brad. I did not know that it was Rogers bone. I agree, in good light it will appear a very, very dark brown.
 
I only have a handful of the Black Box Winchesters but would love to have that many more. I love 'em but the prices have gone up since I acquired my first few so probably won't be adding any to the pile. Sure happy to have what I do have though.
 
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I only have a handful of the Black Box Winchesters but would love to have that many more. I love 'em but the prices have gone up since I acquired my first few so probably won't be adding any to the pile. Sure happy to have what I do have though.
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Hi you.
 
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Thanks, Brad. I did not know that it was Rogers bone. I agree, in good light it will appear a very, very dark brown.
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Blademan13, I hope I didn't come off the wrong way, like I'm the "know-it-all-perfessor" (which I am not:confused:), just like to share what I know. You're right, the sunlight changes the color too. I hope to see some more posts with photos, here's another one I picked up, not sure if I'll keep it, but it's a beauty:

 
No worries Brad. It's really too bad we don't see bone much anymore that is this dark. Any idea why it seems that way?
 
Adding a couple of Black Box knives I haven't seen posted

"The Scouts" set, 1988... high quality fit/finish, main blades are stamped, rather than etched

#2905 -- 4 1/2 inches -- Sleeveboard Jack -- Rogers Bone -- "Wild Bill Hickok"
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#2907 -- 4 1/2 inches -- Sleeveboard Jack -- Rogers Bone -- "Buffalo Bill Cody"
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And a couple of more...

It was mentioned previously in this thread that the cast bronze handled knives were made by Utica.


#1987-1 -- 3 1/2 inches -- Equal End Jack -- Cast Bronze
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#1991-2 -- 3 1/2 inches -- Equal End Jack -- Cast Bronze (some of these were made with Sterling Silver handles, so that's something to keep an eye peeled for)
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Looks like most of the Winchester guys look at this thread so...

Can anyone please tell me which manufacturer made this knife and is it a Black Box knife??


Winchester USA Bone Large Trapper 29103 1/2 1992 (Seller's pics)

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Thank you!
 
SAK Guy said:
Looks like most of the Winchester guys look at this thread so...

Can anyone please tell me which manufacturer made this knife and is it a Black Box knife??


Winchester USA Bone Large Trapper 29103 1/2 1992 (Seller's pics)


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It was made by Queen. I'm not sure of the color of the box.
 
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