William Henry Knife Question

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dbla

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Hey all,

I received this knife as part of an unusual trade and I don't have a lot of information on it. Can anyone here shed any light? Maybe on when it was made, etc??

Thanks!!

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Doesn't look like any of their current offerings but does share some similarities with their older Titan series. Not sure on which model or when it was built though.

EDIT: I did a little more googling and I think it is some variant of a William Henry B15 Titan. Though I have never seen one without blue anodizing or that style of thumb stud.
 
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Knife_Geek said:
Doesn't look like any of their current offerings but does share some similarities with their older Titan series. Not sure on which model or when it was built though.

EDIT: I did a little more googling and I think it is some variant of a William Henry B15 Titan. Though I have never seen one without blue anodizing or that style of thumb stud.
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Interesting. Thanks!
 
I’m certainly not an expert on WH knives; I don’t own any but I’ve been looking at them for a while.

I believe your knife is a budget version of the Lancet style, I think called the Vanguard. They’re genuine WH knives but definitely entry level. I’ve looked at a few Vanguards in the $400-$500 range and passed as they just don’t bring the bling of more expensive models. Hopefully this wasn’t portrayed to you as more than this.

I hope this helps. As unwisefool unwisefool said, best to contact WH directly.
 
Hackenslash said:
I’m certainly not an expert on WH knives; I don’t own any but I’ve been looking at them for a while.

I believe your knife is a budget version of the Lancet style, I think called the Vanguard. They’re genuine WH knives but definitely entry level. I’ve looked at a few Vanguards in the $400-$500 range and passed as they just don’t bring the bling of more expensive models. Hopefully this wasn’t portrayed to you as more than this.

I hope this helps. As unwisefool unwisefool said, best to contact WH directly.
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no that value sounds about right. Similar to this one: http://www.knifepurveyor.com/william_henry_tom_brown_quest_button_lock_knife_4245.aspx
 
Gary W. Graley said:
One of my favorite folders check out this article my friend Dexter wrote up about it

https://trackertrail.com/publications/inthenews/WHK_Brown.pdf

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I read this article after I bought and used the knife. I thought the praise was faint.View attachment 1510803 I checked Tom’s book out of the library (The Tracker). It is a good read. I don’t agree with Tom on pocket clips. The clip I installed on my “Tracker” is one of the least obtrusive clips of any I have used.
I carry this 55gm knife in the placket of my shirt. I can access it with either hand while seated. When the knife is clean and tuned, it can be flicked open and shut. When assaulting a Mylar bag of potato chips, you can open, slice, close, and put away the knife while holding the bag in your other hand (survival!).
Gary W. Graley said:
One of my favorite folders check out this article my friend Dexter wrote up about it

https://trackertrail.com/publications/inthenews/WHK_Brown.pdf

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tiguy7 said:
I read this article after I bought and used the knife. I thought the praise was faint.View attachment 1510803 I checked Tom’s book out of the library (The Tracker). It is a good read. I don’t agree with Tom on pocket clips. The clip I installed on my “Tracker” is one of the least obtrusive clips of any I have used.
I carry this 55gm knife in the placket of my shirt. I can access it with either hand while seated. When the knife is clean and tuned, it can be flicked open and shut. When assaulting a Mylar bag of potato chips, you can open, slice, close, and put away the knife while holding the bag in your other hand (survival!).
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so I assume you’ve taken this knife apart and cleaned it. Any trickyness to it? Mine could likely use a cleaning.
 
The trickiness is getting the spring loaded lock button reinstalled. Leave the standoffs, blade stop pins, and T-nut/pivot attached to the right scale. With the right scale on the table, add the R/H washer, compress the button spring with the button while using the blade to hold the button down, add L/H washer, and add the L/H scale. Keep scales squeezed together until L/H screws are installed. Blue Loctite on the T-nut screw will hold the pivot adjustment.
 
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Very nice folders! I got this T-12 in 2003. Had one little issue with a screw holding the clip on. The head popped off. Sent it back to William Henry for the fix. No problems since then. I bet if you contact them, you could get some info about yours.
 
Nice, they are a great knife, here's another thread I made regarding this style of folder and I dearly miss them all :(
pardon the photobucket logo on them as photobucket and I had parted ways a long time ago when they went wacko on pricing...

B15 models

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