Another great one here with Westinghouse Ivorite handle material!
Product Details
- This is a superb example of a Model 5 with some great options.
- Circa 1973, the blade is a separate “S”, several years after the shop stopped stamping them in this fashion. I imagine there weren’t too many orders for Model 5’s with stainless steel blades, so this one was languishing in the shop for a few years and makes this a fairly rare knife. I don’t recall seeing many separate “S” knives with Westinghouse handle material, perhaps a handful.
- The blade is excellent and does show light sharpening, but only on the edge, not up the blade. Also shows some minor what appear to be forging “divot’s”
- Oversized brass hilt, and a three thick two thin spacer arrangement of the period.
- The handle has mellowed/aged to a much darker yellow/orange is it does when exposed to UV rays. Really a cool look and unique to this material.
- The Johnson sheath has not had the keeper snap installed and shows no use. Snap is included and shown in photo in throat of sheath.
- The correct white stone in the pouch