"Black Box" Winchesters

texasflyfisher said:
Wow! There are some great looking knives in this topic!

Originally before I picked up a S & M sowbelly I had considered the Winchester one as displayed in post 15 of this topic for a few reasons. First, it was less expensive. Second, they seemed fairly well built and lastly I believe I read it had carbon blades.

So, does anyone have any info on the steel used for these knives and also can indicate the level of fit & finish compared to, say, other knives built by Queen or Case?

Thanks!
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Fit and finish on mine is comparable to S&M on average, and as far as I know all the Queen made Winchesters are 1095.
 
Here is a pic of the knife i asked about yesterday, post #98:
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i have been unable to find any reference to this knife here or in OPGCK 15th Price/Zalesky section on the B.G. repros. or as an original Winchester pattern.
also, i have not previously seen a Winchester with a coin shield.
there were no other bidders for this knife, which makes me wonder if there is something here of which i am unaware.
so is anybody familiar with this B.G. black box repro ? year of production ? Queen ? or something fishy here ?
thanks, roland
 
Never seen a brown delrin in a 2piece black box... The black delrin Winchesters made by Utica are satin finished and not quite as nice as the Queen models; but come in a square collapsable box. What do the tangs say?

Mike Latham
CollectorKnives.Net
 
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knife is marked 19015; black box: Blue Grass Winchester with W20 19015, so it matches up. but this knife in Delrin !! and doesn't look as "sharp" as the others in this series; and was 19015 ever a Winchester pattern ? the only original Winchester Folding Hunter i can find is a Swell Center (pattern #1920); but cannot find it in this Clasp pattern.
so what's up here ??
roland
 
mckgreg said:
A couple more. A 89 Sowbelly.
Greg

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That right there my friend is my wish knife. I want a sowbelly like crazy and that one is just...wow. great knife you have there. Maybe someday I'll find one like that.

mckgreg said:
I probably should have started this thread with the name of "Black Box Winchesters" but what the heck. Here's a 4 1/4" Moose.
Greg

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This would be my ideal two bladed knife. Cant go wrong with this one.

mckgreg said:
Found another. The 3902 made in 1990. Measures 3 1/2" closed. Nice little whittler. These fellas don't have stainless steel blades.
Greg

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And this my friend is my whittler of choice. You have a beautiful collection of knives. If your ever gonna get rid of some...:D
 
A Stockman-Whittler! Very cool Greg; is that bone or rough black??
 
It's the same bone as the other "Black Box" knives Winchester produced from 1987 to 1991. I had a thread showing a whole bunch of the patterns from the series a few months ago. It's really a very dark brown but does look almost black depending on how the light hits it.
Greg
 
mckgreg said:
It's the same bone as the other "Black Box" knives Winchester produced from 1987 to 1991. I had a thread showing a whole bunch of the patterns from the series a few months ago. It's really a very dark brown but does look almost black depending on how the light hits it.
Greg
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Merged 'em for you, Greg. Hope you don't mind. :cool:
 
Were the brass bolstered black box Winchesters made by Queen or Camillus? Picked up a couple, each seems to be in celebration of a classic Winchester firearm.
 
mckgreg said:
It's the same bone as the other "Black Box" knives Winchester produced from 1987 to 1991. I had a thread showing a whole bunch of the patterns from the series a few months ago. It's really a very dark brown but does look almost black depending on how the light hits it.
Greg
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If the light hits'em just right, sometimes they look YELLOW!
And BIG (4 1/4")! ;)

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Thanks Blues !! The dark bone is sometimes called Utica bone. Whether it is old stock that Utica had and Blue Grass got it from them or not I can't say for sure. It seems to be on the knives produced from 1987 to 1992.
Greg
 
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RE: the Winchester Folding Hunter 19015 jigged Delrin with Blue Grass black box i posted about above; i emailed Blue Grass and they answered saying they would "look into it" and get back to me. that was some weeks ago and no further correspondance has been received.
so i ask the knowledgeable readers here if anyone has any info on this knife, or even if you have seen another.
thanks, roland
 
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