How old is this hunting knife that I found today? - Modern

[turtlefoot13]

Hi All,

I had a chance to go out relic hunting for a while today and I found this knife. It was found in an area that is a suspected home site out in the middle of the woods. There is known railroad activity near the site and logging activity at the site from the 1880's-1890's. It also has known farming/ranching activity from the 1930's-PRESENT with evidence of hunting from the 1880's-PRESENT. I found two horseshoes in the same area today. One of the horse shoes is a HUGE draft horse shoe (machine made) and the other is a smaller hand forged horseshoe. The images make the blade look better than it actually is. There is some deep pitting in the metal. I believe that the handle is bone but I don't know how to test it to find out for sure. Any help is appreciated. I just realized that I didn't put anything in for size reference. The blade is 5" long and the handle 3.75" long. The blade is right at an inch "wide" and is 0.10 inches thick.

Doug

 

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[silverswede]

Re: How old is this hunting knife that I found today?

I had one just like it in the mid 1940's. They sold for about a buck with an imitation leather sheath. Good knife though it was still around here a year or two ago.

 

[turtlefoot13]

Re: How old is this hunting knife that I found today?

Thanks Silverswede. I also found this image online just a couple of minutes ago.

http://www.icollector.com/images/1196/14972/14972_0006_1_lg.jpg

The middle knife is supposed to be a Case XX. The handle is slightly different but it is sure close. A case would be nice but I am guessing that silverswede is right. I am going to have to try to clean the blade up a bit and see if there are any markings on it.

Doug

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Re: How old is this hunting knife that I found today?

$3.00 knife from the early 1970's. Came with a Naugahyde sheath that was near-nuff cardboard.

I gave mine to my wife to dig up flower bulbs. Still in use today. ;-)

 

[turtlefoot13]

Re: How old is this hunting knife that I found today?

Thanks Charlie! With your info and silverswede's info, I am going to green check this knife as solved as not too old

Thanks again,
Doug