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mrjeffp36 · 03-14-2011, 04:19 PM

need help looking to see the value,for sale if interested. states western usa w49 - limited edition 165 of 1950

J.D. Bass · 03-14-2011, 06:07 PM

Probably need more info. First impressions..... it looks like something someone got from the NRA catalog or somewhere like that. if so, maybe $200 - $250

J.D. Bass · 03-14-2011, 06:14 PM

well, I looked around online and the western w49's I saw were going for around $150 - $200. They didn't have the cool stuff yours does but some had nicer handles. Hope this helps.

mrjeffp36 · 03-15-2011, 06:42 AM

ok thanks

stede · 03-15-2011, 08:43 PM

Piece of junk fantasy Bowie with fancy fake embossing... worth less than the cost of the frame, IMHO.
Your mileage may vary....

carver · 03-15-2011, 08:58 PM

OP says it is a western usa w49 - limited edition 165 of 1950. It does look like some of the $15 junk knives you see at the Flea Markets, but it's probably not.

polishshooter · 03-15-2011, 10:26 PM

Western made a LOT of big Bowie type knives, some of them pretty hefty about that size, right up until the Mid 80s sometime.

The retailer I worked for carried Western Knives and when they either went out of business or we just went to cheaper knives for sale they sold them CHEAPLY on clearance and I bought a TON of Western knives that I traded or sold over the years, including one Bowie about that size without engraving that we sold regularly for $49.99 back when $50 was real money.

My current hunting knife is a drop blade Western W84 from the last bunch of "clearance" knives I bought, and it's a damm good drop blade hunter...Western at one time was a QUALITY Knifemaker, just without the following of Case or Kabar or whatever..,

...which when I just went and pulled it from the sheath to see the Model, I found out I never CLEANED it after I cut up my button from last season

Good thing it is STAINLESS, and THANKS for making me go look at it...now I think I will go WASH it....

03-14-2011, 04:19 PM	#1
mrjeffp36 Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 6	what is this need help looking to see the value,for sale if interested. states western usa w49 - limited edition 165 of 1950 Attached Images -->

03-14-2011, 06:07 PM	#2
J.D. Bass V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Michigan Posts: 218	Re: what is this Probably need more info. First impressions..... it looks like something someone got from the NRA catalog or somewhere like that. if so, maybe $200 - $250

03-14-2011, 06:14 PM	#3
J.D. Bass V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Michigan Posts: 218	Re: what is this well, I looked around online and the western w49's I saw were going for around $150 - $200. They didn't have the cool stuff yours does but some had nicer handles. Hope this helps.

03-15-2011, 06:42 AM	#4
mrjeffp36 Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 6	Re: what is this ok thanks

03-15-2011, 08:43 PM	#5
stede V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 92	Re: what is this Piece of junk fantasy Bowie with fancy fake embossing... worth less than the cost of the frame, IMHO. Your mileage may vary.... Last edited by stede; 03-15-2011 at 08:51 PM..

03-15-2011, 08:58 PM	#6
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,288	Re: what is this OP says it is a western usa w49 - limited edition 165 of 1950. It does look like some of the $15 junk knives you see at the Flea Markets, but it's probably not. __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

03-15-2011, 10:26 PM	#7
polishshooter Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Indiana Contributor Posts: 7,863	Re: what is this Western made a LOT of big Bowie type knives, some of them pretty hefty about that size, right up until the Mid 80s sometime. The retailer I worked for carried Western Knives and when they either went out of business or we just went to cheaper knives for sale they sold them CHEAPLY on clearance and I bought a TON of Western knives that I traded or sold over the years, including one Bowie about that size without engraving that we sold regularly for $49.99 back when $50 was real money. My current hunting knife is a drop blade Western W84 from the last bunch of "clearance" knives I bought, and it's a damm good drop blade hunter...Western at one time was a QUALITY Knifemaker, just without the following of Case or Kabar or whatever.., ...which when I just went and pulled it from the sheath to see the Model, I found out I never CLEANED it after I cut up my button from last season Good thing it is STAINLESS, and THANKS for making me go look at it...now I think I will go WASH it.... __________________ The problems we face today are there because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by those who vote for a living.