Hi All,
I'm hoping some of you can give me some info about an old Woodsman's Pal that a friend had for years and I recently traded into. HE bought it at a garage sale and it didn't look new then. Assorted views, including of all the markings I could find:
One very odd and interesting thing about it was that when the friend got it, he says it had a small booklet or manual (two total) in each of two interior pockets in the scabbard; one describing how to use it as a tool for clearing brush, setting up campsites and such and the other about how to use it as a weapon. Over the course of the years, several moves, a house fire and leaving it outside where it got rained on, the booklets got separated from the rest of it and there's little likelihood that they're going to turn up again. My friend isn't in the habit of lying and IF he made up the story about the manuals, he's certainly been consistant and not shy to share the tale with people who could call BS on him, as I've heard about them at least a couple of dozen times over the years as he told the story to folks at gun shows, military collectors/re-enactors and pretty much anyone that would stand still long enough.
Empty pockets:
Seems that the most likely reason to include a booklet on using such a tool as a weapon would be if it were made for a military contract.
So, is anyone aware of any military issue of the Woodsman's Pal?
Secondly, has anyone ever heard of a little pamplet/booklet/manual about using one as a weapon before now?
I'm hoping some of you can give me some info about an old Woodsman's Pal that a friend had for years and I recently traded into. HE bought it at a garage sale and it didn't look new then. Assorted views, including of all the markings I could find:
One very odd and interesting thing about it was that when the friend got it, he says it had a small booklet or manual (two total) in each of two interior pockets in the scabbard; one describing how to use it as a tool for clearing brush, setting up campsites and such and the other about how to use it as a weapon. Over the course of the years, several moves, a house fire and leaving it outside where it got rained on, the booklets got separated from the rest of it and there's little likelihood that they're going to turn up again. My friend isn't in the habit of lying and IF he made up the story about the manuals, he's certainly been consistant and not shy to share the tale with people who could call BS on him, as I've heard about them at least a couple of dozen times over the years as he told the story to folks at gun shows, military collectors/re-enactors and pretty much anyone that would stand still long enough.
Empty pockets:
Seems that the most likely reason to include a booklet on using such a tool as a weapon would be if it were made for a military contract.
So, is anyone aware of any military issue of the Woodsman's Pal?
Secondly, has anyone ever heard of a little pamplet/booklet/manual about using one as a weapon before now?
I'm feeling sheepish at the moment: the leather handle on this LC-14-B is in pretty rough shape and just yesterday I was using it to clear brush, vines and saplings along the fence. It's retired as of now. Having used one and seen for myself how well it works, there'll be a new Woodsman's Pal in my future to use instead...
