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Possible richtig?!

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picked this up today. It is unmarked (except for the letters HWSS) but everything seems to match up.(maybe an early one?) Blade is 6.5", overall length is 12" and the blade is 1/8" thick. Handle is made of leather spacers, and the sheath is in the style of most of the Alfred Cornish sheaths ive seen. The back of the sheath is stamped with Made in Clarkson Neb, The town too tuff to die.

I would love to hear what you all think of it!
 
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Welcome the forums....
 
 
It is very crude looking knife - you don't know who made it?
And the sheath looks pretty old too. All hand made probably?
It also looks like its been used for some time? Were did you get it from?
 
Im wondering if it was made by Frank J. Richtig who made knives in Clarkson Nebraska. I picked it up in an antique shop this afternoon about 40 miles from Clarkson Nebraska.
 
This is a Henry Wacha Stay Sharp (or super sharp) knife. Made in Clarkson. New, these were nice, but most owners used them, and used them hard. The ones that I see look like this, blade looks like it was maintained and sharpened with a free handed right angle grinder, and the handle looks like it was dipped in used motor oil and mud, then left to dry in the back of a pickup.
 
Thanks for the welcome! Yes, Henry was my grandfathers brother, so my great uncle. Henry's uncle, Julius Wacha, helped Mr. Richtig with a mail order system for selling the famed Richtig knives. I am not a knife maker, just a user. I stumbled across this thread and took the time to reply. Just for comparison, when this knife was new. It would have looked like a modern $50 K-bar stacked leather handle knife.
 
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