Beauty KJ, what year is that?kootenay joe wrote:Here is my Stag # 56 Dogleg Jack.
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Thanks Q, got lucky on the stag.
Beauty KJ, what year is that?kootenay joe wrote:Here is my Stag # 56 Dogleg Jack.
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Whassup Jer??? Things got a little hectic over at BF, so I'm takin' a vacation! I'll have to take more of this 'time off'.jerryd6818 wrote:As I live and breath. Would you look at who just popped in. How the heck are ya Barry. So good to "see" you.
Evan doesn't do mod work anymore. Here's a sample of his current full custom work: This is a Lanny's Clip he made for me (Tony Bose Pattern): Tony taught Evan quite a few 'tricks of the trade' at his shop in IL. Evan made this one for me with mill relieved SS frame, cpm35VN hand-rubbed blade, bronze blade pivot bushing, fluted bolsters, and mammoth ivory covers from a tusk off a beach in Alaska. The mammoth tusk was found by a dearly deceased friend and WWII war hero that was a navy pilot on the Ticonderoga through most of the major battles in the South Pacific, so the knife has some sentimental value already.Ivoryman wrote:Yeah Barry, keep bringing it, that 85 is the coolest. Doesn't even look like a GEC anymore, kudos to Evan the re-scaler. Exxxxxxxcccccccelleeeeent.
That is awesome. Wow are those scales deep. Wonderful color and your handy work is as well.Ivoryman wrote:Great story Barry, especially the bit about finding the tusk on a beach in Alaska and using it. Believe it or not, here's one of my favorites with three pieces of ivory I carved from a tusk found on a beach in Ekuk, AK on Bristol Bay, found by a very dear friend who gave me the ivory. He was out bank combing and spotted a piece of tusk. The color is great and goes all the way through, not like superficial bark. Deep, rich, ancient color made by Mother Nature and God and lots of time. Incredible stuff and so much better than man-made. Thanks for sharing a beauty and great story.
That "hectic" thing seems to happen fairly often at BF. I wonder if they might keep more contributing users if things were a little calmer over there...Gunstock Jack wrote:Whassup Jer??? Things got a little hectic over at BF, so I'm takin' a vacation! I'll have to take more of this 'time off'.