DeSotoSky
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Hello and welcome to the Sunday Picture Show. Share your Buck knives with others by posting pictures of them here. New or old, plain or custom, user or safe queen, one or a collection, we love to see them all. This weekly tradition was started in 2010 by ItsTooEarly (Armand Hernandez) and Oregon (Steve Dunn). Help keep the tradition alive. Feel free to click that 'LIKE' but lets not let it replace discussing and complimenting each others knives. DeSotoSky (Roger Yost)
On this Day, April 14th, 1865. US President Abraham Lincoln is shot in the head by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater in Washington; he dies a day later.
The other Assassination Atttempt. Overshadowed by the assassination of President Lincoln, was another assassination attempt by the conspirators on the same night. The Secretary of State William Seward was attacked in his home by Lewis Powell. In his attempt to murder the Secretary he would inflict serious injuries on eight people, including four of Seward's children, a bodyguard, and a messenger. Seward continued to serve as Secretary of State for Lincoln's successor Andrew Johnson. In 1867 as Secretary of State he signed a treaty with Russia which included the purchase of Alaska for $7 million. Seward was ridiculed in Congress for the purchase which was famously dubbed "Seward's Folly" and "Seward's Icebox".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Powell_(conspirator)
***(although he did not succeed in killing Seward, Powell was hung for his participation in the overall plot)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Seward
***(good read, I did not realize what an influential and interesting person Seward was in our history)
Back in 2017 I swung by the Smoky Mountain store on my way back to St Louis from Maryland after Thanksgiving Holiday. Picked up these 112's and lucked out with sale pricing. Brass and smooth bone with a Nickel Silver Inlay. This run was offered in 4 different colors. There was another similar issue with drop point blades.
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