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Complete. Slipjoint Design. 6" OAL

BARNES BLACK FOSSILIZED MOSQUITO TUSK



Nickle Silver Liners and Pins.

Stainless Tool Steel Blade and Spring.



Hand Filed Firebird Spine.

Hardened tool steel pivot Hub.

Polished blade bevels.

Very smooth operation.



FOR SALE $575us. $16.50 USPS WITH INS.

DROP YOUR MARKER HERE FOR A TIME STAMP (don't count on me finding your PM before someone else drops a marker here.

I hope you like it. It appears to be sleek and even simple of design. Take my word that is deceptive. It was a lot of work.

Best,
Gary

BTW ... I've harvested and used the Black Skeeter Tusk because the reader/buyers favored Black as their favorite color ... throughout the BPS knives to date. Opinions/comments valued. I'm trying to offer a product that you'd like to give a home as an heirloom.

Oh. Point of interest: you know my efforts regarding increasing the customer base with new people. I've been told (and noted first hand), that anymore; it's a real social media world. Now, I don't have that ... I put in the time and developed the skills, but my demographic has always been mature. It's not traditional craftsmanship now - it's BUZZZzzzzz (modern popular fine work is mostly CNC, Laser, Water Jet, Tumbled, and made from the materials collected at Alien Spaceship Crash Sites. There has to be a "LUM/UM" at the end. The work is clean. Tight. Quality. Right off Clean/Tight/Quality $40k CNC Mills, EDMs, Lasers, Abrasive Water Jet Cutters. But it takes a real expert to tell the difference between a quality 20 man shop's laser, and a quality factory's laser. There aren't a lot of Old World Craftsman Lasers. Deep Relief Carving and Mosaic, comes from a time where skills took decades to master. "Sole Authorship", was the Master Craftsman's Game. Today, 23 year olds learn their skills on OLED Screens. Five man teams assemble a hybrid of commercial parts and speciality machine shop parts.

I'm either a dinosaur, or a rare breed of the single artist shop. If you value the 44 year Trek of ONE man's work, then Id appreciate your support. Thanks.



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What a great looking knife!

Scott

Gary,

That is a fine looking folder. I love the spine filework.

BTW. Those top two pics were caught just like that. No photoshop. Just the right light at the right time. Love the pics of a real nice folder.

Gary

Moving Up .... Firebird. Black Barnes Tusk. German Silver and Stainless Tool Steel.

Gary

SPECIAL OFFER and a few paragraphs of Craftsman Psychology 601

I'll be back with the story .... but here's the SPECIAL - $495us thru Monday 5/28/18 plus $8 (I'll split the postage) in the US.

Check the MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND thread for 3 knives with details ...

Thanks!
Gary



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SOLD

I really appreciate it,

Gary