An Imperial

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Doc B
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An Imperial

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Just gave one of my prior assistants, this one. Kasey, is a real huntn' and fish' girl. I used to tell my patients that I could never get any big bucks, because their migration pattern took them through Kasey's territory first.
This Imperial, at 3 1/4" closed, won't be much of a hunting / fishing knife...but she was thrilled with it! It was missing both scales and main blade tipped. I replaced with blue camel bone and reprofiled the tip. Although it still has it's shortcomings...It came out a bit better than my last attempt with blue camel bone ::facepalm::
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Re: An Imperial

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Looks very good Doc. Nice work.
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Nice job, now it is back in the pocket workin'.
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Good job Doc. It has a heart beat again. And is special to someone now as well. ::tu:: ::tu::
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It's back in the saddle again and ready to go to work!
Those only Imperials always had great steel. ::nod::
Great save and nice job Doc! ::tu::
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Purty knife!
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Nice save!!
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That turned out great! Nicely done.
Hey … it’s a pocketknife for gosh sakes. I’m not selling the Mona Lisa….Bullitt4001
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Looks nice, great job!
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