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Originally Posted by crutchtip
I have seen at least one very similar blade. I believe Tom Clinton had one and perhaps another.
I will be looking for it's mate the next time I visit the museum. If there's at least one other to be found, in all likelihood, it would be there. It's unfortunate that the Tom Clinton collection got divided up and scattered about
Difficult to say whether it preceded the first Sportsman, but I don't think during this time frame Bo would push someone away from a custom design, particularly when they went through the trouble to carve a template.
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I love the way Bo did business by putting the customer's wants first and foremost. But I sincerely doubt that he would have used the wooden template to make a carbon copy of W.L. Marble's own design.
One thing we all know is there were at least 2 people who knew the history, and they ain't talking! Hopefully, I can find some correspondence letters to help solve another Randall mystery.
Thank you for your input Joe. I appreciate what you do.