72 for TJ's POS roundtable offering

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72 for TJ's POS roundtable offering

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Here's a few more WIP pics. This is how the knife looked when I started it.

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The previous owner must have hated this knife, cause it looks like he took a grinder to the blades. I chose some jigged aberdeen amber for the new covers.

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The pics do not catch the color well. I cleaned the blades as well as I could, but I did not want to remove too much more metal.
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Beautiful save Glenn! ::tu:: ::tu::
The 72 is not the easiest knife to rebuild either. ::nod::
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Gorgeous!! You do great work Glenn!! ::tu:: ::tu::
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That's making a silk purse out of a sow's ear for sure. A really great save and I like it a lot. What is the stamp on the frame? Is this your ID or is it from the factory?
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Beautiful save Glenn. You're the knife mechanics answer to Sammy Sousa & Barry Bonds all rolled into one. (only with a good personality :lol: )
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Your handle work is awesome. You are extremely talented.
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Fantastic job Glenn!!! You looking for a job by any chance? You'd get to work alongside Dave Swinden :wink: ::tu::
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tjmurphy wrote:That's making a silk purse out of a sow's ear for sure. A really great save and I like it a lot. What is the stamp on the frame? Is this your ID or is it from the factory?
TJ2b.jpg
That is my lame attempt at ID'ing the knife as being reworked. Not that my work would be mistaken for factory, but it is the responsible thing to do. Those are my initials,along with the year. I don't have a fancy stamp like Dale, so I have to freehand it with individual stamps..
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ea42 wrote:Fantastic job Glenn!!! You looking for a job by any chance? You'd get to work alongside Dave Swinden :wink: ::tu::
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That is high praise, thank you, but I am sure you are just joking. Besides, once it becomes "work", then it will probably not be that much fun anymore...
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glennbad wrote:
tjmurphy wrote:That's making a silk purse out of a sow's ear for sure. A really great save and I like it a lot. What is the stamp on the frame? Is this your ID or is it from the factory?
TJ2b.jpg
That is my lame attempt at ID'ing the knife as being reworked. Not that my work would be mistaken for factory, but it is the responsible thing to do. Those are my initials,along with the year. I don't have a fancy stamp like Dale, so I have to freehand it with individual stamps..
OK, I see that now. Good idea, good practice ::tu::
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glennbad wrote:
ea42 wrote:Fantastic job Glenn!!! You looking for a job by any chance? You'd get to work alongside Dave Swinden :wink: ::tu::
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That is high praise, thank you, but I am sure you are just joking. Besides, once it becomes "work", then it will probably not be that much fun anymore...

No I'm serious, we're looking for some cutlering help, I've been doing near a hundred knives a day, fifty if I've gotta assemble and cutler, and my arm's about to fall off!

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Well, I guess that's a good problem to have, to be so busy. Thanks for the consideration, that means a lot. :)
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Beautiful Glenn, just beautiful.
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I recently received a knife Glenn restored as a gift, to be auctioned off to help to pay my grandaughter`s medical bills, and can attest to how good his work is.
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Thanks for the kind words John!

I actually posted about it here:

http://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/kni ... 37&t=33499

Good to have you aboard, John. Folks, John makes some great knives, alot nicer than mine. He does primarily fixed blades, but has done some folders as well. I own several examples of his work. ::tu::
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