Huh? No WESTERN Picture thread?? Show us your 666's!!

That hatchet/knife combo is sweet!!
I want to get the Black Beauty version one day after I hit the lotto.....
 
I finally got a W77
Occasionally I get lucky and when I filter by "newly listed"
I get a BUY IT NOW item that was JUST listed at a REALLY good price :thumbup:
The guy had it listed as a "throwing knife"
I almost had a heart attack at the thought of throwing this knife
The tip wouldn't last too long ....

Now I gotta get a L77
Did they make a F77?? :eek:

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Just a great picture. Don't remember who gave it to me.
 
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Damn
I forgot about the smaller W75 :mad:

Did those Western doo rags come with a knife or were they sold separate?
 
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I have always had the western knife with the bone handle, and recently purchased the one with the leather handle at a pawn shop, and would like to know more about them. I cant find anything about the company's reputation, materials used, etc.
 
I've added a couple of Western Boulder folders since this thread was around. Good to see it bumped back up. RIP Bill (El Lobo)

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Gary: There is a great book, The Knife Makers Who Went West. It is the story of Western Cutlery, its history, and loads of knife pictures.

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Some Western Cutlery History

Western Cutlery's facilities in Boulder, Colorado, carried on founder Charles W. Platts's tradition of fine knifemaking for 23 years after the company was absorbed by the Coleman Corporation of Wichita, Kansas. Western knives remained in production until the last owner, Camillus Cutlery of New York, closed its doors during a United Steel Workers strike in 2007.

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Western Cutlery traced its beginnings to the Platts & Sons Cutlery Company, established in 1896 in Gowanda, New York, by Charles W. Platts, an immigrant knife maker from Sheffield, England. Platts spent nearly thirty years as supervisor of Northfield Knife Company in Northfield, Connecticut, before beginning the family enterprise. Platts pocket knives were a success and the company moved to Eldridge, Pennsylvania in 1897. After Charles Platts's death in 1900, the sons continued in the family business until 1905 when H.N. Platts bought out his brothers and moved the company to Bradford, Pennsylvania.

Moving West

In 1911, successful businessman H.N. Platts moved to Boulder, Colorado, intending to take advantage of the booming western knife market. H.N.'s new enterprise, Western States Cutlery and Manufacturing Company, began in a new two story brick building in the small town of 9,000 people, with a work force led by skilled craftsmen who had worked for H.N. back east. Known locally as "the Cutlery," Western States was one of the first factories in Boulder.

Western States

Prospering from 1911 well into the 1980s, Western States developed two early trademarks, Western and West-cut. The pocket knife remained the company's staple product until 1930 when Western patented a unique double tang sheath knife. These rugged belt knives also featured aluminum end knobs in a pattern that eventually became the standard of the American cutlery industry.

WWII

Pressed into military production soon after the Pearl Harbor attack, Western manufactured a broader range of knives for the military market, using a wider variety of materials due to the huge demand. Western's military knives, which substituted iron, steel or even plastic for scarce brass and aluminum, were issued to field troops and sailors and were essential gear in airmen's survival kits.

Postwar Problems

Continuing to expand and diversify through the boom years of the 1950s and 1960s, Western developed new lines of stainless steel pocket and utility knives, synthetic substitutes for organic components like stag horn, and in 1970 introduced the Westmark custom Bowie sheath knife. Acquired by Coleman in 1984, Western was sold to Camillus Cutlery in 1991. After drastic wage reductions were rejected by USW workers in 2007, Camillus closed down operations and production of Western and Westmark knives ended.
 
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Yes, those are mine and that is one of my two "doo rags". I also have two decks of playing cards and some catalogs that are on "The Site". The picture is not complete as it doesn't have my pride and joy.
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With a Buck 120 to give an idea of the size of a W46-8
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I have a couple Westerns in my collection.

Model 701
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Model 46
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Model 84
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Model 40
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Model 932
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Model 53
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Model 442
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Sithus1966, Very nice 701 with box. Years ago I picked up mine (SN 07668) with box and paperwork including sales receipt. Price, for him, was $19.95 with $1.20 for tax for a total of $21.15 (I paid a bit more). I have two 702's (SN's 05366 and 37256) but no 703. With the price of the 703's I will never get one. Is your W46-8 date coded? Mine is a N or 1991. The 80 series knives are real nice and the sheaths are the best.
 
Trent, Your W77 has no date stamp? Before 1977? After 1991, but before the WW was used by Camillus? Camillus did continue the W-77 and it's little brother the W-75. I have a 1993 catalog and they are on the back page with no date stamp (cost 75/$28.95 77/$30.95) and only 1 W.
 
No my W-46 is not date coded. I got it and the 932 from a small road side gas station/ convenience store/sporting goods shop. The W-46 the lady actually cut the wires holding them in the display case.
 
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No my W-46 is not date coded. I got it and the 932 from a small road side gas station/ convenience store/sporting goods shop. The W-46 the lady actually cut the wires holding them in the display case.
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Two lane road, great place to find a knife. Did they sell minnows and worms too?:thumbup:
 
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