Thats a guard stamp , made in the late 60's to 1976 , and in damn good shape , I'd hang on to that one , and you got that less than my beater , I thought I got a good deal at 40 bucks on mine , and mine is pretty screwed , good on the edge and tip , but the spine and pits are irreparable That one appears to be either pristine , or close to it , $20 was a steal Although If anyone's curious , mine is in good enough condition to still use ( but not so good you're scared of new scratches) and sees frequent use
Great video thanks brother. Great find for 20 bucks. Keep up the great work see you in the next video thanks again brother. Don't throw out the sheath that knife is 249$ on Amazon it's old. Hopefully you have looked into it.
Hey man. I got 1 just like it. They made them in 60s. Dont sell it. !! Its good one to hold on to. Some of them see vetnam war. I know my will never leave my home.
WESTERN BOWIE KNIFE INFO> www.allaboutpocketknives.com/knife_forum/viewtopic.php?t=54880 Re: The Western Bowie / W49 Identification Thread Quote Post by zzyzzogeton " Fri Dec 15, 2017 3:45 am Western Bowie #8 - Western Bowie, Model W49 - Time Frame -- 1973/74 to 1976 The only difference between this version and the version #6 is a change to the stamp on the mark side of the guard. At some point during 1973, Western dropped referencing Boulder, Colorado on their knife stamps. The mark side stamp changed to WESTERN over USA on the mark (left) side of the guard and W49
Awesome score and killer shape.
That’s a knife ! Any knife made is USA is a treasure for sure now ! Great find !
You struck Gold there my friend. Lucky man !
Thats a guard stamp , made in the late 60's to 1976 , and in damn good shape , I'd hang on to that one , and you got that less than my beater , I thought I got a good deal at 40 bucks on mine , and mine is pretty screwed , good on the edge and tip , but the spine and pits are irreparable
That one appears to be either pristine , or close to it , $20 was a steal
Although If anyone's curious , mine is in good enough condition to still use ( but not so good you're scared of new scratches) and sees frequent use
Great video thanks brother. Great find for 20 bucks. Keep up the great work see you in the next video thanks again brother. Don't throw out the sheath that knife is 249$ on Amazon it's old. Hopefully you have looked into it.
Hey man. I got 1 just like it. They made them in 60s. Dont sell it. !! Its good one to hold on to. Some of them see vetnam war. I know my will never leave my home.
I'd say, 1975-1990, easy $100 worth
That's a second gen dude. 1990 wtf
WESTERN BOWIE KNIFE INFO>
www.allaboutpocketknives.com/knife_forum/viewtopic.php?t=54880
Re: The Western Bowie / W49 Identification Thread
Quote
Post by zzyzzogeton " Fri Dec 15, 2017 3:45 am
Western Bowie #8 - Western Bowie, Model W49 - Time Frame -- 1973/74 to 1976
The only difference between this version and the version #6 is a change to the stamp on the mark side of the guard.
At some point during 1973, Western dropped referencing Boulder, Colorado on their knife stamps.
The mark side stamp changed to
WESTERN
over
USA
on the mark (left) side of the guard and
W49