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Zippo2
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Direct from the sale thread 4 years agoNice pile of steel......
DO TELL...All the #'s.........Pretty please......Tanx!
Steel: 80crv2 @ 61RC
Blade Length: 4 3/8″
Blade Width: 3/16″
Blade Height: 1 1/4″
Overall Length: 9 1/2″
Grind: Full Height Convex
Handle Material: Stabilized Buckeye Burl
Liners: Burgundy G10
Horsewright
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Years ago we use to make a lot of silk wildrags for sale. Ya didn't think cowboys wore scarves did you? These were extremely popular due to the type of silk and it wouldn't be unusual to sell 150 or so at a show.
We made them from a special type of silk called sandwashed silk that we sourced from the Los Angeles Garment District, (think Tijuana in Arabic, Hebrew and Farsi).
There use to be a guy up here that passed away some years ago. He had built up a pretty good press and was experienced at making his own mycarta. Well I found a sheet of this in a box in a box under the workbench and had completely forgot about them. What did I find? A small sheet of Silkcarta he had made for me. Made of many and many layers of silk remnants from our wildrag production.
A Horsewright Vaquero with blue silkcarta handle scales:
Funny thing I found another small sheet of woolcarta with the sheet of silkcarta. We use to make wool vests too. Sporting Classics magazine declared them to be: "The finest handmade wool vests on the planet, period."
Yep same guy made me this sheet of woolcarta too. I used it here on a Mestano:
We made them from a special type of silk called sandwashed silk that we sourced from the Los Angeles Garment District, (think Tijuana in Arabic, Hebrew and Farsi).
There use to be a guy up here that passed away some years ago. He had built up a pretty good press and was experienced at making his own mycarta. Well I found a sheet of this in a box in a box under the workbench and had completely forgot about them. What did I find? A small sheet of Silkcarta he had made for me. Made of many and many layers of silk remnants from our wildrag production.
A Horsewright Vaquero with blue silkcarta handle scales:
Funny thing I found another small sheet of woolcarta with the sheet of silkcarta. We use to make wool vests too. Sporting Classics magazine declared them to be: "The finest handmade wool vests on the planet, period."
Yep same guy made me this sheet of woolcarta too. I used it here on a Mestano:
Alone
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Did you re-handle that knife? John, Saw your other posting that you bought it from a local knife maker. He did a nice job. John
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Years ago we use to make a lot of silk wildrags for sale. Ya didn't think cowboys wore scarves did you? These were extremely popular due to the type of silk and it wouldn't be unusual to sell 150 or so at a show.
We made them from a special type of silk called sandwashed silk that we sourced from the Los Angeles Garment District, (think Tijuana in Arabic, Hebrew and Farsi).
There use to be a guy up here that passed away some years ago. He had built up a pretty good press and was experienced at making his own mycarta. Well I found a sheet of this in a box in a box under the workbench and had completely forgot about them. What did I find? A small sheet of Silkcarta he had made for me. Made of many and many layers of silk remnants from our wildrag production.
A Horsewright Vaquero with blue silkcarta handle scales:
Funny thing I found another small sheet of woolcarta with the sheet of silkcarta. We use to make wool vests too. Sporting Classics magazine declared them to be: "The finest handmade wool vests on the planet, period."
Yep same guy made me this sheet of woolcarta too. I used it here on a Mestano:
Awesome material...... Very pretty.... Nice blades and pants and scarves vests!
SwissHeritageCo
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is that a tiny finger guard you've got there? beautifully subtle hande shape and one of my all time most used blades (great balance).
Finnish and Sami classic knives do not have finger guards at all. This does not interfere with work.
Horsewright
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A couple of interesting ones in for new sheaths lately.
First this lil KaBar:
Some stories there in that lil KaBar.
And this fantasy Persian. This took some engineering on the inside with additional welts and fitting but got er done:
Also, one of my own, was back for a new sheath. The customer wanted to have the additional option of carrying behind the right hip:
The new Pancake sheath will go behind the right hip and the Horizontal sheath is the original that this knife, a Bandito, sold with. Its a crossdraw for above the left front pocket.
First this lil KaBar:
Some stories there in that lil KaBar.
And this fantasy Persian. This took some engineering on the inside with additional welts and fitting but got er done:
Also, one of my own, was back for a new sheath. The customer wanted to have the additional option of carrying behind the right hip:
The new Pancake sheath will go behind the right hip and the Horizontal sheath is the original that this knife, a Bandito, sold with. Its a crossdraw for above the left front pocket.
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91bravo
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Congrats on the scales
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Thanks bro, I like scale options 
Sam Wilson
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A Tac-H.A.R.T. in Guerrilla Cam.
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