76shuvlinoff
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30 some years ago I bought a fixed blade hunter probably from K-Mart. I gave up hunting before I turned 20 and tossed the knife into a duffle bag then promptly forgot about it. Yesterday I rediscovered it, cleaned it up and I'm wondering in the grand scheme of things where these fall quality wise.
On the blade near the handle it says Western USA L66 B. It has a stacked handle (rawhide I believe) with an aluminum pommel. It's probably 8 inches long. The dang thing is still sharp as hell, the blade, brass and pommel polished up real well with some 1000 grit paper then semichrome on a dremel. I figure these are /were pretty common.
Like I said, just wondering if these knives were considered a quality piece, general workhorse or simply disposable.
Thanks!
Mark
On the blade near the handle it says Western USA L66 B. It has a stacked handle (rawhide I believe) with an aluminum pommel. It's probably 8 inches long. The dang thing is still sharp as hell, the blade, brass and pommel polished up real well with some 1000 grit paper then semichrome on a dremel. I figure these are /were pretty common.
Like I said, just wondering if these knives were considered a quality piece, general workhorse or simply disposable.
Thanks!
Mark
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