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Wildone39

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My cousin gave me a Winchester sheath knife for Christmas. It is heavy with a clip point blade and wood handles. It is full tang and seems to be a solid little knife. The sheath is cloth but with a plastic liner. I know its not a high price, well made knife but can any one tell me what the metal is made of? Or anything about this knife? I really would appreciate it. I know he got it at Walmart.
 
It would be a guess but based on the price and the Chinese manufacture, I would think the blade is probably made from what the Chinese call 420 - similar to what we call 420.
 
Do you have a model number?
 
My first "good" knife (or so I thought) was a Winchester folder. I thought it was quality because of the name and the heft. It tuned out to be junk.

It's important as consumers for us to know steels, lock styles (if folders) and construction. For fixed blade kvives it's desirable to have the blade and the handle integrated into the whole. If a blade is simply welded into place, any jar or jolts could separate the two.

Steel and heat treat also are crucial, and it's good to bone up on that subject. Some knife manufacturers claim to use certain types of steel, but the heat treats are inadequate and so you have to learn their reputations. Companies like Smith & Wesson and Winchester also don't make their own knives. This is a good place to get all that information.
 
got a bowie just to use for a beater and hide it from my friends.nothing to brag about i assure you:)
 
Seems like the Winchester brand name has been licensed out to several companies over the years. I found several sources of "Winchester" knives on the web.

Found some made by Gerber that advertised the infamous "surgical stainless steel". Found others that advertised "440 steel" and others that said "440A steel". Rule of thumb is to figure that if it says "440 series steel" it is 440A.

Saw some that claimed to be USA made. Others said, "made in China".

Best guess is that it is 440A steel or close thereto.
 
My daughter has given me two Winchester Collectors sets, 2005 (imitation abalone) and 2006 (buckeye burl), for different Christmas's. Because she gave them to me I wouldn't take anything for them. Each set consists of a hunter, a two blade slippie, and a lockblade, Lockback in 2005 and a linerlock in 2006
I don't know where these were made but there are no markings other than the Winchester etch and Surgical Stainless on some blades. I would assume since they have no country of origin that they were USA made?
 
sceva said:
My daughter has given me two Winchester Collectors sets, 2005 (imitation abalone) and 2006 (buckeye burl), for different Christmas's. Because she gave them to me I wouldn't take anything for them. Each set consists of a hunter, a two blade slippie, and a lockblade, Lockback in 2005 and a linerlock in 2006
I don't know where these were made but there are no markings other than the Winchester etch and Surgical Stainless on some blades. I would assume since they have no country of origin that they were USA made?
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I think that Gerber got the law changed so that you do not have to mark the knife with the country of origin. If it is not marked made in the USA it is probably made elsewhere and maybe even if it is.
 
It's still the law but Customs is no longer requiring the country of origin mark to be permanent. A sticker is good enough now. If the sticker were to come off before the customer sees the product -- oh, but stickers never come off, do they? :confused:
 
Winchester, Good ole American name licensed to market junk made in china, like; Winchester spotting scopes, binoculars, knives, sunglasses, etc. Winchester collector items are special edition junk in a tin. It's too bad that Winchester is but one of many good companies engaged in this marketing ploy..If it isn't stamped made in the USA you can bet that the "made in 3rd world" sticker has fallen off. Sentimental value is always worth something to the receiver only..
 
Thanks; I thought that may be the case. Their value to me is that they were a gift from my daughter which goes beyond any other value they may hold.
 
sceva said:
Thanks; I thought that may be the case. Their value to me is that they were a gift from my daughter which goes beyond any other value they may hold.
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Im in the same boat. this christmas, my mom , who knows im a knife nut, bought me a two knife collectors tin with a trapper and a barlow looking knife in it. the second i saw them my heart sank. not for me, but the fact that my mom, who works hard at a difficult job for low wages, was suckered into buying these turds because she loves me. chalk up another American firm goin down the tubes. - Eric
 
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