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I just finished this one for a customer. He wanted to get rid of the composite handles, and elected to do some ebony. This was a challenging project for me, and was the first I had done like it. It took me several tries to get it right.














It is a very interesting knife. I have a few like it now, and plan to do another, with some slight changes.

Glenn

It really takes talent to make something look that good. Glenn you just continue to impress me with your abilities time after time.

Nice work Glenn!
Those can be a bear cat to do especially with ebony, as ebony is pretty brittle and likes to split!

You did an amazing job on bringing that old Brit back to life!

WOW!!! very nice work! Just beautiful

Thanks guys. I learned a few things on this one. The tension from the springs put a lot of strain on the pins. I originally was going to do it without the brass inserts, but the ebony ended up shattering. Then, I rough cut the new ebony, and should have left it larger before I countersunk the insert holes, to reduce blowout. I wanted to do bolsters for looks and strength, but the customer did not want them.

It was a great learning experience in patience and humility. I could have done a better job. The customer was happy with it, but I wasn't completely satisfied with my effort.

glennbad wrote: It was a great learning experience in patience and humility. I could have done a better job. The customer was happy with it, but I wasn't completely satisfied with my effort.

Glenn,
It is on that sort of repair that I learn the most.
I recently rehab-ed a stockman pattern, I put it together and everything was prefect until I spun down the rocker pin and the bone cracked side to side.
I had that knife together & back apart 3 times before I was satisfied with the way it worked.
But I learned a great deal on that knife!
The difficult ones that try my patience seem to be the ones I learn the most on!

That ol´rigger looks brilliant! I still have a similar knife lying around here that I might convert like this some day. Doesn´t seem to be that easy after all...