| From: Knifeguy
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| Date: 13-Aug-19 |
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Awhile back I made an excellent trade with LBshooter for this knife. It’s a mid-1970’s Western W-49. For this stage all I did was round the grip off a little where my finger rests, and drastically modified the bent brass guard that had already been bent beyond the original configuration. First order was to cut off the excess brass and then grind it to the shape that I wanted. Then I buffed out the entire knife on my buffing wheels using brown, green and white rouge. The next step will be to cut some elk antler up and fit and shape it to replace the rosewood. I had already made this sheath for another bowie but this one fits and looks better so it will stay together as a pair. Thanks for looking, and LBshooter; I hope that you like what you see so far. Here are a couple of “before and after” photos. Lance
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| From: Knifeguy
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| Date: 13-Aug-19 |
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You can’t even see the mark!
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| From: Knifeguy
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| Date: 13-Aug-19 |
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90 minutes later!
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| From: Timberking
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| Date: 13-Aug-19 |
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WOW! Fantastic job. Please post pics of the new Elk antler grips too.
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| From: Vtbow
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| Date: 13-Aug-19 |
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Nice job Lance. Looks great! Much less Pirate like, arrrrr :-)
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| From: LBshooter
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| Date: 13-Aug-19 |
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Hey Lance, Very nice so far, reshaping the brass did wonders,can't wit to see it when it's all done. I may want it back lol
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| From: shooter
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| Date: 13-Aug-19 |
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Nice work. Reducing the guard makes the whole knife look much sleeker & better balanced. The sheathe is cool too.
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| From: M60gunner
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| Date: 13-Aug-19 |
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Still have mine somewhere, bought it off the PX truck on Hill 22 near Da Nang, VN in summer of 1966. I don’t think mine has such a radical guard. I used to call it my short Machete.
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| From: Bowmania
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| Date: 13-Aug-19 |
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I never need a knive that big, but that is some outstanding work.
Great job Knifeguy.
Bowmania
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| From: Nemophilist
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| Date: 13-Aug-19 |
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Lance, Nice job. I had a Western W49 Bowie knife back in the late 1970s.
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| From: D.Lewis aka tonto59
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| Date: 13-Aug-19 |
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Wow! You turned that into a really sweet knife. Reshaping that hilt was a good idea. Nice job Lance.
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| From: ron w
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| Date: 13-Aug-19 |
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Always wanted one of those..... nice job
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| From: Buzz
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| Date: 14-Aug-19 |
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Nice.
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| From: sammyg
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| Date: 14-Aug-19 |
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Way too big for my taste but I do have one of those laying in my gunsafe that belonged to my father-in-law. I had my knife making friend clean it up for me and when he gave it back he told me that some of the real early ones are worth money.
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| From: Bassman
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| Date: 14-Aug-19 |
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Well done.
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| From: NY Yankee
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| Date: 14-Aug-19 |
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Always a couple guys that say the dont need a big knife. K, whatever. Not what this thread was about. Nice work Lance!
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