Can someone identify this knife?

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Getitjay

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Cleaned up the best I could. Old and beat to hell. Can't see any writing anywhere.
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You're right about the model. There's many of them, but one looks exactly the same. Would be cool to know the year. Thanks.
 
Getitjay said:
You're right about the model. There's many of them, but one looks exactly the same. Would be cool to know the year. Thanks.
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It can be narrowed down to a wide date range due to a feature or two but a precise dating will be almost impossible with the corrosion.
This was a prolific design and Schrade was contracted to make them for others as well.
Unless you found it somewhere that would make it personally valuable it has litle and can be found on auction sites in working condition for a few bucks more.
 
Getitjay said:
Cleaned up the best I could. Old and beat to hell. Can't see any writing anywhere.
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This would be a Western 39 or a copy of it.
It may look similar but is most certainly not a Schrade 137.

The fact that I can see the edge of the tang in one of the pictures tells me this.
I can also recognize the pommel as their style.

Is the guard or aluminum ?
Because I'm thinking this is a black beauty f39 with stacked aluminum and black synthetic, if it's brass and leather this would make it an import copy I believe.
 
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Hickory n steel said:
This would be a Western black beauty F39 or a copy of it.
It may look similar but is most certainly not a Schrade 137.

The fact that theres a bunch of aluminum spacers, and how I can see the edge of the tang in one of the pictures tells me this.
I can also recognize the pommel as their style.
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Ah, there it is.
I had the Schrade Walden 137 a long time ago, just wasn't recognizing the Western spacers on this one.
Style is so similar though. Same maker?
 
Barman1 said:
Ah, there it is.
I had the Schrade Walden 137 a long time ago, just wasn't recognizing the Western spacers on this one.
Style is so similar though. Same maker?
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Nope, western cutlery made it themselves in Boulder Colorado.
It's just such a common pattern.

If those spacers are brass and leather this could easily be a JAPAN copy as I've never seen a western like this even though I'm no expert.
 
The pommel is not brass. It is aluminum. Also rather light. I don't expect it to be worth much. Was just interested as It was found on a mountain side. Who knows how long it sat there.
 
Getitjay said:
The pommel is not brass. It is aluminum. Also rather light. I don't expect it to be worth much. Was just interested as It was found on a mountain side. Who knows how long it sat there.
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Yeah, some kid or hunter probably dropped it or sat it down.
If you can get the guard scrubbed up a bit with a toothbrush or some steel wool you just may find a model number stamped into the top of it.
It was only done from the late 60's to early 70's , but it may be there.

Here's what the black beauty handles look like

And here's where you might find a model number
 
Hickory n steel said:
Yeah, some kid or hunter probably dropped it or sat it down.
If you can get the guard scrubbed up a bit with a toothbrush or some steel wool you just may find a model number stamped into the top of it.
It was only done from the late 60's to early 70's , but it may be there.

Here's what the black beauty handles look like

And here's where you might find a model number
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This looks nothing like the handle on mine. Mine is hollow.
 
Getitjay said:
This looks nothing like the handle on mine. Mine is hollow.
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The tang is forked, and the stacked handle spacers ( aluminum and some kind of black plastic for the black beauty line ) are H shaped if you will.
They slide on to the tang and the pommel locks them on.
This is why you can see the edges of the tang unlike most stacked handle knives.

The black pieces have deteriorated on your knife allowing you to see that gap in the forked tang.

It was obviously out there a long time and the elements took their tole on those things plastic spacers.
 
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Hickory n steel said:
Yeah, some kid or hunter probably dropped it or sat it down.
If you can get the guard scrubbed up a bit with a toothbrush or some steel wool you just may find a model number stamped into the top of it.
It was only done from the late 60's to early 70's , but it may be there.

Here's what the black beauty handles look like

And here's where you might find a model number
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Was able to find model number where you said. Mine says F40.
 
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