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Drac


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Morning all,

I have a blade I did for a shipmate who retired back in June but we were never able to get together before they left back in June.

It is one of my Gent's EDCs with wood from the USS Constitution on the handle.  This wood is live oak which is the largest part of the 10-15% of the ship that is still original.  This is also the part of the ship that made her Old Ironsides. 

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Now I have an issue.  I can't sell this piece since the wood was a gift from the ship for my charity work I did for them a few years ago (one of those moral things) but it turned out to well to let sit around the shop gathering dust (one of my pet pevs is knives that don't cut things).  I don't have any close friends in the Reserves retiring any time in the future that I would just wait for them.

So what to do?

Jim

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David


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Have you come up with a home for this yet?

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Drac


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Jim (Luckey) is giving it to a retired member of the Navy. He will be making a donation to help out.

It should be coming back from the sheath maker this week. The gentleman is mailing it out tomorrow. Should be a brown sheath stamped in a elephant skin pattern. I can wait to see it.

Jim

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Me too!!
It is a wicked design sir.

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Drac


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Here is the finished piece with the sheath Jim -

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Here's a shot of the sheath.  Unfortunately he did it in black instead of brown.  He is 87 after all.

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I'll try to get it out to you this weekend.

Jim

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MacPatrick


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Another beautiful job, you are indeed a telented craftsman.

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The black sheath sets off the handle of the knife, and they both look awesome.

Thanks for the look at your work.

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Richard R. Barden
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Nice work, wish I could do as well.

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