Western pocket knives

[fitzgeae]

What blade markings did the older western pocket knives have? How do you determine the pre-Camillus western pocket knives?

 

[Cougar Allen]

Welcome to Bladeforums! I'll move this thread to the Camillus forum for you -- I think somebody there will be able to answer your question, though it might be a day or two before the right person checks the forum.

 

[Blue Sky]

Western used letter codes as a tang stamp for a short while. "A" started it in 1978 I believe, "B" was 1979, and so on. I don't know how long it went for, but the last letter I've seen was "F" for 1983. As far as pre-Camillus, I can't say. The Camillus website says they bought Western in 1991, but they could have been making them before that.