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Originally Posted by Jacknola
But I'm not too sure about the lack of stainless-bear-bowie-before-1984 that you mentioned.
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Jack,
"This was long before we
offered stainless on the 12-8". Of course there were the group of stainless 12-8" Bowies, and perhaps others, but stainless was not offered as an option until much later. I'm sorry but I have no pictures, this was way before I had a computer.
Most of my early work was done on the Westinghouse paper micarta aka "ivorite" or on the polished area of stag adjacent to the hilt. During this time Gary would not accept ivory as a handle material. The "Ol Yeller" was excellent to scratch but it does yellow up considerably over time. Here is a (poor) photo of my serial number #001 after it was completed next to an image of it today.
