Overview
This Model 2-9 by Walter Brend features a double hollow ground blade with a blasted finish and sharpened top edge with sawteeth. .318" blade stock and 1.608" blade depth, full tang construction. The handle has a bead blasted double titanium guard, and black linen micarta scales. Comes with a black nylon sheath, not the original sheath. Has the Walterboro, SC makers mark on both sides of the blade. This knife has scratches, some small pitting on the blade and tang, has been resharpened, has some black paint in the sawteeth, a few scratches on the scales.Note from the consigner: "This knife was purchased in Late Nov 1985 and used hard until it was refinished by Walter in 1991 when I met him at a gunshow in Fayetteville. He sent it back to me and it saw light use until I retired in 2008. I think I was lucky to have gone through the Q course before they began handing our other knives, because the Brend is a better blade. This knife is on its 3rd sheath. The original sheath and two leather ones wore out and it is in an old Gerber sheath modified to ride higher. It also has a retaining band for when I jumped with it. It had pitted up on one deployment and I had Brend refinish it in the early 90s and he put his mark on the other side of the blade and you can still see an outline of the original mark. It also had black paint on the blade at one point."
From the Brend website: "The Model Two has always been Walter’s most popular knife. When customers make that final decision what knife they would like to order, nine times out of 10 it is the Model Two. The above photo is an early vintage Brend Model Two. In 1981 when Walter started making knives, the Model Two was one of the first designs out of his shop. The design came from his early years of hunting in the swamps of Florida, to 15 years of cutting meat. Walter new what he wanted in a custom knife, and that is reflected in his knives. Several knife companies had collaborations with Walter. It was always the model two design, they tried to replicate, even in a pocket knife. When you see this blade and handle style you know it is a Brend Design. Brend designs,(Model 2, Model 5, Tanto, and Tommy Hawk) has influence many other makers and companies."