Cabbit that is a beautiful knife congrats. I bet it feels amazeing.
Kevin Hi Buddy, I think what you are seeing because the pics really kinda distort things is the subtle contours of the handle that make the pins look off. maybe I am wrong I would have to see the knife in person but I bet it feels fantastic.. Bill truly does believe in making an ergonomic grip by sanding here and there till the handle feels right. Most of his knives are definately right or left handed and he really puts the function and performance and most importantly feel ahead of all things. I greatly admire him for that. I just took an Ontario Bagwell pulled the pins and the echustian plate and sanded it out and added some minor contours and I am not putting the pins back because they would probale really look askew now that I shaped the handle. Another example of Bill not giving in to trends and putting performance ahead of all things is his mirror polish. Todays collectors seem to hate a mirror polish and Bill is adimit about putting a mirror polish on his carbon blades. Bottum line is that he is right. I love the look of a finely sanded or hand rubbed finish but on a carbon piece they rust fast and show every scuff from even light use. I have a Bagwell that Bill has dated over 20 years old I have carried it and used it alot why just the other day I was leaveing to go to one of my daughters conformations and as I pulled down my drive way which is rather long and wooded on both sides I came to a blown done limb tangled in vines like spider man pulled it down. I had a suit jacket on and a pair of cowboy boots and guess what else I had on my old bagwell I do not like chopping vines with an expensive knife but I had no time to go back home so bam a second later I was done and a light buffing on the wheel when I got home and as good as new. Try that with a hand sanded blade. Bill just saw this knife and commented on how fantastic it still looked. Sorry to drown on but what I am trying to say is when it comes to Bagwell it's all about the performance the feel of the blade and the steel's integrity. Thats what I dig about his stuff
