Northwoods Esky Zulu

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Northwoods Esky Zulu

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Here are a mammoth and camel bone Esky. I love the rat tail bolsters, really sets this apart from other 74s.
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Robbobus, you have some very nice Northwoods folders! Do you recall when the esky Zulu was released?
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Esky was released in 2016. Must have been early 2016 as it seems like they have been around a while.
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Esky was released in 2016. Must have been early 2016 as it seems like they have been around a while.
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Recently received Esky Zulu with mammoth handles.
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kootenay joe wrote:Recently received Esky Zulu with mammoth handles.
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Wow Roland ! That's a real looker
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Robbobus, Roland, beautiful knives, the Esky and the Madison Barlow are my favorite current Northwoods knives, I don't really care for the Bohncliff blades that most of the other Northwoods are coming with now.
My Esky,
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JohnR, another very beautiful Esky Zulu ! Northwoods certainly had the Eskys hafted in some of the best mammoth available.
Is your's mammoth or elephant ivory ? It could be either but I don't know if these came with elephant ivory ?
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kootenay joe wrote:JohnR, another very beautiful Esky Zulu ! Northwoods certainly had the Eskys hafted in some of the best mammoth available.
Is your's mammoth or elephant ivory ? It could be either but I don't know if these came with elephant ivory ?
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Thanks Roland, it's mammoth, I like the really white mammoth when I can find it, have a Madison Barlow with pretty whit mammoth also.
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