What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

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afishhunter said:
What model is your Frontier lockback?

I agree the Western L66 dominated in the 1950's.
Not sure about Buck dominating in the 1960's to early/mid1980's.
I lost the link, but from what I recall when researching the Western 66, the L/F/W66 was "the knife in the deer woods until at least the early/mid 1980's ... at least until the start of the Coleman-Western era.
I believe that Buck took the lead in the mid/late 1980's. (I could be mistaken, of course.)
I remember in the 1960's and 1970's the L66 was the Official BSA sheath knife. I don't remember a lot of Buck ads in my dad's hunting/fishing magazines ('Outdoor Life' and 'Field and Stream') in the 1970's. I remember mostly Western, a few Marbles 'Ideal' and Puma 'White Hunter', Schrade Old Timer Sharp Finger, and a handful of Buck 103 Skinner ads.
Also, from what I remember, the Western was more budget friendly than the Buck, Marbles, and Puma sheath knives.

I know I had a L66, my step father had a F66 Black Beauty when we met c.1968 (if he bought it in Iowa or Missouri, and when, I don't know. He was from MO., lived in Iowa until he retired to MO., c.1980. He deer hunted in both states.)
All my friends and high school classmates who hunted had a Western 66. I believe the L66 was the most common on their belt at school during hunting season.
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Thanks Steve. Well Gramp's stories may have had equal parts facts and nostalgia! You did confirm thought that everyone had/wanted a Western for hunting and outdoors activity during that time. Honestly, the steel gets sharp and doesn't easily stain (for 1095). Still an amazing user.
 
Will Power said:
Fine beauty there Jim 😍 Is this the fabled Primitive Bone ? I traded my only example of it on a GEC 26 that was a 👺 to open, but it LOOKED fantastic :)

Thanks, Will
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Good eye, there, Will (hardly a surprise ;)). This one looks very similar to the Primitive Bone version -- but, in fact, it is Smooth Appaloosa Bone. The Horse is just a bit less Spotty this time around...🤣
 
I was going to say it was foggy out this morning, but I'm going to use my new word of the day instead and say, "It was brumous this morning." 🤓🎓




sf fanatic sf fanatic Dan, I had a set of F&W's through high school and college and then used them all the way up to the late nineties. They were getting pretty out of date by then and the internet had been invented so I tried to give them away to free up some space. Finally sent them to recycling. They were a good encyclopedia for a reasonable price as I recall.
 
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