what is this W Bingham (Buffalo skinner on the right side)

[tkm999]

and why does the cub scout scale glow under UV LIGHT?

some tell me the bingham is a camping and others a throwing knife.

seems like neither and it has a very thin blade with very good steel

 

[Hal]

That's a piece of Cleveland Ohio history right there!

W. BINGHAM CO. | Encyclopedia of Cleveland History | Case Western Reserve University

The W. BINGHAM CO., one of the Midwest's largest hardware concerns, was founded by WILLIAM BINGHAM and HENRY C. BLOSSOM when they purchased the hardwa...

case.edu

 

[tkm999]

That's a piece of Cleveland Ohio history right there!

W. BINGHAM CO. | Encyclopedia of Cleveland History | Case Western Reserve University

The W. BINGHAM CO., one of the Midwest's largest hardware concerns, was founded by WILLIAM BINGHAM and HENRY C. BLOSSOM when they purchased the hardwa...

case.edu

Thank you, Hal!
It is a very fine blade and multiple knife dealers have informed me it was worth no more than 45 bucks!

but I'd still like to know the pattern name and its purpose

is there any way to determine its approximate age?

 

[tkm999]

I am satisfied it is a skinning knife.
Anyone have any idea what might be its age?

 

[Hal]

My best guess - based on having lived back in that era - is somewhere in the 1950s to early 1960s. as far as age goes.
That's just a guess though.
After that era, you started to see a lot more name brand knives - like Imperial, Schrade,

The style looks a lot like the souvenir knives they sold at the roadside tourist traps back around then..

God what I'd give for all the ones I conned my parents into buying for me on family vacations.

 

[brownshoe]

I'd guess ~30s. It's a hunting or camping knife. Have this thread moved to the Bernard Levine subforum by clicking on "report" and asking to have it moved.