Found a case sod buster but not sure of the year

[storyofmyknife]

My brother found this in his house he just bought and I couldn’t find a tang stamp on any carts that matched this one. Anyone have any ideas of when this was made?

https://imgur.com/a/yOw36EY

 

[Arathol]

Are there any dots under the words Stainless USA? You might have to look carefully under the scales...

 

[storyofmyknife]

Are there any dots under the words Stainless USA? You might have to look carefully under the scales...

Yes there are 4 dots there.

 

[Arathol]

Yes there are 4 dots there.

1976

 

[KentuckyBlackBird]

Looks like a 1976 to me if it had 4 dots….

 

[Obsessed with Edges]

With four dots, definitely 1976. Nice find.