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Old 09-11-2011, 18:14   #1
Bettendorf
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Western Bowie knife issued in SF?

An older gentleman is trying to sell this knife. It belonged to his brother and I think his brother must have retired early to late 70's or so. I just talked to the owner of it on the phone and he's retired Army and his brother was SF who served in 7th and I don't know what other Group or Groups. He's trying to get an idea of value and maybe sell it. They seem to think it's made in the early 60's (this seems to be true from my research). It's made by Western out in Boulder, Colorado. I've seen one's just like it on Ebay for about $150 Buy-it-now's. I asked the owner of it what he's trying to get for it and he said $950. That blow me away as I don't think it's worth more than $100 or so without the guys DD-214 etched into it. But I said I'd see if I could find a story behind it for him. The brother said he seems to think it was an issued knife and I explained to him that it probably wasn't but maybe it was a going-away gift.

Have any of one seen one in the SF? Thanks.

And yes, I searched and came up with squat! What do you guys think?

http://forums.gunboards.com/attachme...7&d=1315771415

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http://forums.gunboards.com/attachme...9&d=1315771415

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