Winchester Swell Center Pen "Moose"

[kidwholaughs]

Hey Guys

First of a huge thanks for this great knife. I am the proud owner of a 1988 Winchester Swell Center pattern. The spear blade says 2880 1/2 on it. Here is a nice pic of it.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=614990

I did some research on this knife. Apparently, is Winchester is an replica of a 1902 Schatt & Morgan "moose" Shown here.

http://www.vintageknives.com/tek9.asp?pg=products&specific=jmrohqpmc

Besides the nail pull and the scales. Everything on this Winchester is the same as the Vintage Knives reproduction. How cool is that.


Now on to the review. The knife features two carbon steel blades, spear and clip, set in to a very sturdy swell center frame. I do mean sturdy. My Case Small Texas Jack looks seems like a toy compared to this knife. The brass liners about twice as thick as the Case. In addition, the back spring are a full 1/8" thick! The blades also strike me in this knife. Both of the blades seem to be taper ground, flat ground and mirror polished. I am very suprised by it.

Yesterday, I used this knife to cut walking stick from a small sapling for my mother. This knife performed like trooper. I mean this knife is quite the heavy duty worker. According to VintageKnives.com, this knife was orginally designed for manual labor. As a part of it, it has nail buster springs according to today's standards.

This a truly a piece of American workmenship. My Case knives are "refined", to say the least, compared to this knife. I wish they still made knives like this.

Does anyone of you guys know whether this knife is super rare or anything. Otherwise, I plan on using the knife down to a nub.

God Bless

 

[VCM3]

KWL's
That knife is not super rare or anything,but they are getting harder & harder to find.
I think the bone is antique from the Utica knife Co.,and,that knife was made by the Queen knife Co.,under contract for BlueGrass Cutlery
It is a good one,Congrats!
-Vince

 

[mckgreg]

That is a great knife. The whole series of black box Winchesters from the late '80's to early '90's are very, very good knives. Well made and great patterns. I used to see them from time to time but never paid much mind to them until I actually handled some at a knife show. I proceeded to get almost all of the patterns they made with the Utica bone. I'm only missing 1 or 2 of them now. It does surprise me that they are still so available. Darn good 'uns.
Greg