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Handsomely made knife with nickel silver bolsters and sold with a belt sheath. Inch blade lock-back knife called the Folding Hunter.
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This was called theįor the individual who did not like fixed blade knives, the factory offered a 3
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Into the hand for ease in skinning large or small animals. Its handle was tapered and contoured to fit Gain popularity with campers and back-packers.Ī 3 inch dropped point blade knife, designed for Smith & Wesson by BlackieĬollins, and was offered to the hunter. The factory hoped that this 10-ounce knife would
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The 5 inch blade had a wide flat spineĪnd a sharpened false edge. The handle was round and blended into a double quillon cross guard for This also had a hollow handle cavity covered by a solid brass screw-onĬap. To increase their versatile knife line, Smith & Wesson manufactured the Survival In design to the Texas Ranger a general-purpose hunting and camping knife withĪ 5 inch blade and an emergency equipment cavity in the contoured handle. The factory geared up production to manufacture a standard Bowie knife similar Plans were made, however, to announce Smith & Wessons entry into the The Texas Ranger Bowie knife was the only one marketed by Smith & Wesson inġ973. Of the blade beginning at serial number TR1 through TR20,000. Each knife was serial numbered on the top
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Produced from a forged 440 series stainless steel and handcrafted in a series ofĤ7 different manufacturing operations. The Texas Ranger knife, identical to all the early Smith & Wesson knives, was Individual knives in their own presentation case were offered. Production plans called for the manufacture ofĨ,000 knives cased with a Smith & Wesson model 19. The idea wasĪccepted, production was initiated, and in 1973 Smith & Wesson announced the Wesson Model 19 revolver and a Bowie knife was presented. Smith & Wesson felt an excellent entry into the knife market would be the Texas Was modified closer to the style originally used and purposed by Mr. Presented to Smith & Wesson and the Bowie knife, designed by Blackie Collins, Similar to an early style Texas knife, for a Bowie knife. Roy, and John Wilson, a member of the Texas Commission, developed a design, Purchase of a commemorative service knife. At this time, the Commission was also considering the In 1972 Smith & Wesson was approached by the Texas Ranger Commission toīuild a commemorative revolver in honor of their 150Īttending these meetings, Roy Jenks of Smith & Wesson Collectors AssociationĪnd a Smith & Wesson Historian, proposed what could be offered in the way of aĬommemorative handgun. World and was an author and the founder of what became Blade Magazine.Ĭollins died Jin a motorcycle accident near North, South Carolina. Knifemakers and collectors as one of the most innovative knife designers in the Blackie Collins was an American knife maker whoĭesigned and popularized the assisted opening mechanism and variousĪutomatic knife designs within the art of knifemaking. Submitted several samples and drawings of various styles of fixed blade knives to Gunn met and discussed designs with Blackie Collins, a knife designer.
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Provide a full line of law enforcement and sportsmen products. Smith & Wesson began to examine the knife market in 1972 in an effort to