Winchester/ Blk Box Knives

[Kdarmy]

Fellow forum member Quattomori, sent me an email asking about the Winchester black box knives, he had looked up an old post I had made long ago, but the pictures were no longer there view...so for those who are also interested, I took some new pics which are linked to my Nikon Pic space...follow link below.

I have a few others mixed in the pics, but most are all black box knives. These knives were made by Queen Cutlery, using old original Winchester bone and tooling which was left over when Winchester had stopped making knives and switched to making guns for the war.

To collect an interesting set, I tried to collect all knives made from 1987 -1992 which have a black bone appearance...Rodgers, Brown and Peachseed bone. Took me 3yrs to the month before I found the last one I needed. One of the hardest to find was the 5pc "Red Letter Set" which celebrates the Mod.37 shotgun in each ga.

Keith

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[black mamba]

Very nice collection!

 

[digitalurbancamo]

I have a 1989 Winchester W15 2978 Doctors Knife in Black Utica Bone. Perhaps I can pull it out in a little while and take some pictures to add to the discussion.

 

[Kdarmy]

I just remembered...I should have taken a shot of the tang stamping on the small toothpick knife...it has the year "1987" stamped in a curved / radius style, very few were made with that stamping.
I have a list of all models in my collection, once I locate it I'll post it here.

 

[Kdarmy]

May not be complete and no model numbers, but I did find this list of the years they were made


Bow Tie 1987
Hunter 1990
Sm. Toothpick 1987
Lockback Hunter 1988
Lg. Toothpick 1990
Gunstock Jack 1988
Teardrop Jack 1987
Swell Center Pen 1988
Pen / Red letter 1988
Pen / Red letter 1988
Pen / Red letter 1988
Pen / Red letter 1988
Pen / Red letter 1988
Swell Center 1988
Trapper 1989
Cigar Jack, Hickok 1988
Cigar Jack, Cody 1988
Moose 1988
Gunstock Jack 1987
Congress Pen 1988
Texas Jack 1988
Doctors 1989
Equal End Pen 1988
Whittler 1990
Whittler 1988
Premium Stock 1991
Sowbelly 1989
Stockman 1987
Whittler 1989
Whittler 1991
Congress 1991

 

[quattromori]

Thank you Keith!
Since someone recently posted a thread about these knives, I thought it would be nice to have a visual reference of these knives.
The two I've handled are really nice knives, and it's not easy to find much info.
Here's the one I have left:

Fausto

 

[blademan 13]

Curious as to the difference between the '87 stockman and the '91 premium stockman. Currently have an '87 inbound and am wondering. Thanks.

 

[LastRodeo]

Thank you for sharing the photos, I've been wanting to add a Winchester to my collection, those are some of the best pictures of the full set I have seen.