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Hi everybody!
First post on the forum. Long time sword afficiado and knife lover here (and other weapons too, guns, bows, etc).
My wife's uncle recently passed away from melanoma and I inherited a knife from him that he picked up when he lived in Montana. It's a beauty of a knife, fixed blade, and appears completely custom made, with one heck of a sharp edge to it. I'm wondering if anybody can tell me any more about it than I can discern off of the etching near the hilt and on the sheath.
It's listed as an "Old Tree" knife, and was made in 1987 in Big Rock, Montana by a one V. Cox. The sheath bears his/her name (first initial V. then Cox) as well as the knife name. The knife also is engraved with his/her name, as well as the location it was made in (Big Rock, Montana) and the (presumably) series number (#14 1277) with a space between the 14 and the 1277. The handle appears to be antler of some type. The pommel (?) has what apears to be a brass equilateral cross (all sides extend the same length) fashioned after leaves. IOW, 4 leaves layed out in a cross. There is a thumb ridge at the spine of the blade, and it looks to me like a well made hunting knife. The blade itself if you look down at the spine seems rather rounded instead of angular, if that makes sense (no hard lines I mean). The overall length is 11 3/8 inches. It seems completely custom.
I've done various internet searches, but nothing comes up for any "V. Cox" whatsoever. I may be doing incorrect searches however.
So, any help? Below is the (admittedly bad) pic I just took of it, if that helps at all. Does any of this information mean anything to anybody? It's a knife I plan on keeping forever, for obvious reasons, but I'm really curious to know whether it has a history or otherwise some kind of interesting information behind it.
Thanks!
First post on the forum. Long time sword afficiado and knife lover here (and other weapons too, guns, bows, etc).
My wife's uncle recently passed away from melanoma and I inherited a knife from him that he picked up when he lived in Montana. It's a beauty of a knife, fixed blade, and appears completely custom made, with one heck of a sharp edge to it. I'm wondering if anybody can tell me any more about it than I can discern off of the etching near the hilt and on the sheath.
It's listed as an "Old Tree" knife, and was made in 1987 in Big Rock, Montana by a one V. Cox. The sheath bears his/her name (first initial V. then Cox) as well as the knife name. The knife also is engraved with his/her name, as well as the location it was made in (Big Rock, Montana) and the (presumably) series number (#14 1277) with a space between the 14 and the 1277. The handle appears to be antler of some type. The pommel (?) has what apears to be a brass equilateral cross (all sides extend the same length) fashioned after leaves. IOW, 4 leaves layed out in a cross. There is a thumb ridge at the spine of the blade, and it looks to me like a well made hunting knife. The blade itself if you look down at the spine seems rather rounded instead of angular, if that makes sense (no hard lines I mean). The overall length is 11 3/8 inches. It seems completely custom.
I've done various internet searches, but nothing comes up for any "V. Cox" whatsoever. I may be doing incorrect searches however.
So, any help? Below is the (admittedly bad) pic I just took of it, if that helps at all. Does any of this information mean anything to anybody? It's a knife I plan on keeping forever, for obvious reasons, but I'm really curious to know whether it has a history or otherwise some kind of interesting information behind it.
Thanks!
