The postman just delivered this early Model 7-4 today. Note its diminutive size compared to the 7-4-1/2" with Heiser sheath shown below it in the second picture.
Perhaps someone knows more than I about this very early Model 7. Art DeCamp
Registered: 05/04/08
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Loc: North Carolina
Art. You have a very nice pair of #7's there. Nice sheaths too. Especially the top Clarence Moore sheath with both a translucent and brown button snap. I would guess both to be made in the 1945-'49 range, judging the peened tang on them both, with the bottom knife with the Heiser sheath just a bit older. Your newer one seems to have a more defined grind line. Great pair of knives Art.
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Sam Granade RKS Member #5700
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Agreed!!
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