In 1948, Western made.....

[muskrat man]

i'll get them back up later this evening,

 

[muskrat man]

I hear the 542 lockblade like pictured below is fairly scarce, however not keeping up on westerns, I would not know.

here we are:

 

[El Lobo]

MM,

Nice...:thumbup:

I'm pretty certain the E on your lockback means it was made in 1981...don't know about it being rare.

Bill

 

[muskrat man]

Thanks Bill, I was told it wasn't made very long, I don't know. It feels good in the hand and I really like the blade shape, I've always been curious wether it was stainless or carbon, i'm leaning towards satinless becuase most of the carbon knives the guy had whom I bought this from were either rusted or had a thick patina.

 

[Codger_64]

Pulling out, dusting off, polishing and re-inflating an older thread that Fixed Blade Bill just reminded me of! Thanks El Lobo! Now, start adding some more model pictures to this thread guys!

Codger

 

[El Lobo]

OK,
Not everything is perfectly to POINT about this historic... FOLDING, I say FOLDING...timeline. But it's the best informational defense I could lay out here in short order.

Western...Coleman...Camillus.

fixed Bill (who prefers FOLDERS)

 

[Codger_64]

Now, about that "Coleman blue" Coleman... is it Western tangstamped? Bone or delrin? I've never fondl...handled one of those.

Codger

 

[El Lobo]

Well sir,

It didn't take you (obviously a FOLDER guy) long to pick out the part that is not quite on POINT, as it were. No, that Coleman is a modern one (the jigging is a giveaway )...but it's all I had to fill in that spot.

So as they say....."That's my story and I'm stickin' to it."

Bill

 

[hikeeba]

Subscribed to this thread.

Here are my 88s. The L88 needs some cleaning up. It's towards the top of my list after I learn how to porperly restore old knives. The W88 is in good shape:

And the W88 compared to a Safe Grip Woodcraft (pre-Chinese):

And here are two others I have. The small one was my Dad's Boy Scout knife. The 'Shark' was my Grandfathers. One of the tangs on the Shark (or is it a Baby Shark?) is broken at the butt cap:

 

[Codger_64]

...after I learn how to porperly restore old knives.

Ahhh... to restore...to make new again. I am reminded of the old joke about the difference between a lightbulb and a virgin. You can clean, you can oil, you can buff, but all you will accomplish is to remove the knife's history, not to make it new again. You can stop rust, get rid of fungus, but that is conservation/preservation, not restoration. I'd leave the knife it's well earned charactor. Have you seen what Burt Reynolds has done to himself? Mary Tyler Moore?

Codger

 

[hikeeba]

Good points Codger. Maybe I shouldn't have used the word 'restore.' Perhaps then just a little cleaning for my grandfather's knife (and stapled-together, home-made sheath) and the L88. I will probably never use any of those knives in the field. I have a number of other pieces that constantly begging for character.

But I know a guy who has a restored '69 Challenger, and that thing is pretty sweet!

 

[Codger_64]

I love old cars and trucks. And have restored a few myself. But it is the original milestone cars that bring the big bucks. My highly factory optioned '64 Custom Cab F-100 will be restored, but my '67 Ranger F-100 is a milestone with original paint, dings, chips and all. Gotta love them both.

Codger

 

[mashduck]

That's why I like ya I have a F100 and older F150, both runners, maybe someday Ill work on the Ranger but for now I like it!!!!!
Nice Old truck, Knives, and old Guns! heres to ya

 

[Trent Rock]

What years have the BOULDER, CO stamp?
Up until 1978??

 

[Trent Rock]

The small one was my Dad's Boy Scout knife. The 'Shark' was my Grandfathers.

Well??????
Were all dying to know what kind of knife your GREAT grandfather carried!!!
Sounds like you you the cutlery gene in your blood......