Case Barlow Upgrade

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Case Barlow Upgrade

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From bone handles out of the box to this:
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That is beautiful Bob, I love abalone. ::tu:: ::tu::




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Wow Bob ! That is stunning! What a beautiful knife. ::drool:: ::drool:: ::drool::
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Beautiful Bob! ::tu::
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Beautiful work Bob! ::drool:: ::drool::
The file work is very nice too! ::tu:: ::tu::

How was the abalone to work with?
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Fantastic Looker and Outstanding workmanship ::tu:: I'm curious about the how it is to work with abalone as well. How many hours went into the file work? I love that knife Bob ::ds::
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Thanks guys! Not counting breaks, I'd guess the filework took about an hour.
As for the Abalone, I'll take it over Mother-of-Pearl to work on anytime.
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Really nice up-grade Bob. I really, really, really like the file work ::woot:: ::woot::
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Glad your eyes are evidently better with the showing of this artistry.

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I like it too ::tu:: Great material choice for that pattern and the file work throws it WAY into the tasteful custom realm...
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That knife came out just beautiful, Bob!
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Holy smokes, Bob. Now it's worth a million dollars. What a great job. That's just plain gorgeous.
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jerryd6818 wrote:Holy smokes, Bob. Now it's worth a million dollars. What a great job. That's just plain gorgeous.
I'll make you one for half that price Jerry. :mrgreen:
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I'll have to think on that one. Maybe if I win Powerball Wednesday night...
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Nice work bob, beautiful knife.
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VERY Nice Bob.. ::tu:: ::tu:: YEP!! ::nod:: NICE!! ::tu:: ::tu:: John :D
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A truly beautiful piece of work. Congratulations.
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