Thread: ID a Cowboy

Originally Posted by earcutter

Yeah the Fili was bought not that long ago as NOS - I know I honed it once... can't remember if I have honed it since. Hence, the little hone wear. Thanks for the info though.

Like I said - It's (the Fili) what "I" would call a 3/8 as it's thinner than any other 4/8 I have - by a long shot (as compared to Dovo 4/8's or Revisors 4/8 say). But I know that's what they called a 4/8 : ). Crazy isn't it lol! It's carbon.

Yeah, the Cowboy is the one I was wondering about - she's an odd one. Doesn't have a place of birth anywhere on her. Would have thought that were it German, they would have placed that on it for sure. But i am not sure lol. I hope you are right!

When you say that your Fili DT is "thinner" do you mean that the blade is not as wide as other 4/8s?
From my experience they are standard 4/8 width as with other 4/8s I have handled.
If you are referring to blade grind there are limited edition 4/8 DTs that were made for competition which have a fuller hollow ground blade unlike the standard DT´s, similar to the Heljestrand blade grinds.



My guess is that your Cowboy was made in Germany and the "brand" was chosen for the US market, in which case stamping it as "made in Germany" would be counter productive.
Will be very interesting to see if anyone can throw some light onto its origin rather than just speculation