Not much of a description; makes it hard to say much about it. Western Cutlery closed down business probably around 10 years ago. Their assests and tooling were bought by Camillus cutlery, and they still reproduce some of the Western designs. Might look at their website to see if there's one similar to it. A friend of mine has several Western knives that he brings to me to sharpen before deer season; most of them are REAL old. Best I can guess on the steel is it's most likely 1095 carbon; since that was pretty much the standard carbon steel used(and still used) in those days.