I had heard about that discussion, Joe.
For those of you not aware of that discussion about this knife,
Gaddis' provides a photo on page 44 of his book that is from 1938. The knife being discussed is the 3rd knife from the left.
Joe, you stated on a thread last year on the RKF site that:
" When Bo first made the knife it had a different handle, spacers, and hilt. Some time later after some time improving his skills, he reground the blade (not overall shape but bevel only) and re-handled it in the configuration it is in now."
Here is a closeup of the handle today, and from the photo in Gaddis' book. Without a doubt it's the same piece of stag. So if he did, seems obvious to me that it was done prior to the 1938 photo.