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Old 12-17-2017, 07:21 AM
crutchtip crutchtip is offline
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It was only anecdotal discussion Sam, primarily because of the visible tang. Some guys were questioning the possibility it wasn't fully assembled with the tang visible, furthering the idea that Bo rebuilt the knife from the exposed tang configuration. I think the thought was the exposed tang seemed to be a bit of a departure from what we have come to accept as Randall "quality" if you will.

Perhaps when he received the knife he ordered from Bill Scagel (page 38) in mid 1937 was the impetus for Bo to rebuild his knife even more in that image, because it certainly resembles a Scagel

On page 43 you will note in 1938 Bo started working on blade quality improvement to include "thickness and bevel angles".

What I do know is that the stag is the same piece of stag. The blade was altered to what it is now in my opinion. Exactly when, I don't know.

Last edited by crutchtip; 12-17-2017 at 09:10 AM.
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