Montana Maple

[knowtracks]

Just got this Jumbo Hunter back from Muskrat Man. She had a real weak spring & thin plastic scales. I didn't mind the original color but the plastic had to go! I sent it off with a block of Maple Burl from right here in Madison County, Maple is quite rare here in Montana.
Kaleb did a great job on the make-over, nickel-silver pins & the action is greatly improved. Plus he started with a thicker scale & tapered the burl so that it fills the hand much better. She was terribly thin originally for this size slippy. 9 1/2" OAL, 5 3/8 closed.
She's going in my back pocket except when I'm in the saddle.
Here is a couple of shots of the original & the new & improved version.

Dave

[singin46]

Boy Dave that is something to be proud of now. Kaleb can flat out change a knife into somethin better fer sher. Thanks for showin it
GREAT! Love that Burl.

Singin46

[Hukk]

Excellent! Was that Maple stabilized? I remember you asking about a place that does stabilization. Excellent work on that, that's a proud knife to show off! Congratulations!

[El Lobo]

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Bill

[Classic Case]

very nice

[johnnierotten]

Man,its hard to beat a good Queen knife!!! Thats BEAUTIFUL,Dave!!! Great job MM!!

[knowtracks]

Excellent! Was that Maple stabilized? I remember you asking about a place that does stabilization. Excellent work on that, that's a proud knife to show off! Congratulations!

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Hey Hukk,
No the burl was not stabilized. This was the wood I was asking about getting stabilized but, after buying a block of Black Ash Burl that is stabilized I decided to leave it raw. I like the feel of raw wood better. I got a pretty good deal on this knife off of ebay & wanted the older Queen steel as a user. I have use of a larger blade often so I figured this should cover it. I'm not worried about the scales warping or cracking, the burl was well seasoned.
Thanks for the comments men!
Dave