WW2 Western Cutlery Baby Shark Knife

[@kirbycreekmo]

Very nice! I really like Western knives and have a bunch of them. In the 1970s I could not imagine they would fade away as they were in every hardware and sporting goods department in my area.

[@FreeAmericaChannel]

I agree. China could never compete with these American treasures.

[@pointynotsharp8436]

Nice video, I see these quite often and I've never known anything about them

[@FreeAmericaChannel]

Thanks for watching! Western Cutlery in Boulder, Colorado made these knives for decades and were very common among service members during WW2. They continued into the early 1990s and merged with Camillus and Coleman before finally going out of business. I love their WW2 era style knives and I have a number of them. Check out my L71 SeaBee knife videos for some really great blades.

[@donavantew8278]

I would bring it back to the way it left the factory. Awesome grouping

[@FreeAmericaChannel]

Thanks. That is probably the way I will go.

[@alanrice39]

I love those Western cutlery knifes, and knifes with a leather handle. I have a EGW knife that needs a new leather handle

[@FreeAmericaChannel]

The EGWs handles are not too hard to replace. You can buy leather handle washers on ebay. Search for "Leather Knife Handle Washers". I have seen EGWs with wooden handle replacements that look great too.

[@alanrice39]

@@FreeAmericaChannel thank you!

[@donavantew8278]

This is so awesome. I love this design. This is crazy I just posted my western knife collection video. Hope you get a chance to check it out. Awesome blade my friend. I pray I can add this model in the future. Keep up the great job and love to hear the knowledge 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸outstanding

[@FreeAmericaChannel]

I'll go check your video out too. maybe we should do some kind of collaboration video. What do you think?

[@donavantew8278]

@@FreeAmericaChannel that’s definitely something to think about my friend. Definitely

[@user-zi7xm6zy7e]

I have a Western that my great uncle wore on Iwa Jima. On one side the Black and Red Spacer is gone. If anyone knows someone who could restore this knife please, let me know. It is in great shape except for the spacers.