how do you pose a Thorp?......

[mtngunr]

i tried this way, today......photo almost begs "can you name this movie and what happened next?".........



or a caption......truth be told, i went to a battle today and had folk pose with it....fits right in.....

[Moosehead]

Hi mtngunr!

That's definitely one scary looking dude without the knife or the rifle. Where did he park his bike?

To answer your question, I suggest that once you have found the proper balance point of the "Thorp" (caution this next step is very important), gently insert the back of the blade in your mouth and bite down hard enough to hold it in place.

Caution! When posing like this, do not react when the photographer says "CHEESE"!

Hope this helps...

Cheers!

David

[BoBlade]

"Them ####ed Yankees had me so busy this week that I was forced to make a decision whether to clean my knife or my pants!"

[BoBlade]

How about a caption for this one?

[mtngunr]

I will do anything for money....except go outside....unless i am posing with machine guns and machetes, like now.....oooh....what's this on my shoe?!.....it looks like....DIRT!!!????

[BoBlade]

Not bad!!!!!

[Cthulhu]

Originally Posted by BoBlade

How about a caption for this one?

"Lara WHO?"

[Jacknola]

Originally Posted by BoBlade

How about a caption for this one?

?I always pack two weapons on me. What do you think of this pair?"

Or, if a conversation insues:
Me: "How are you today?"
She: "I'm fine."
Me: "Yes, you sure are..."

Walnut handle material on knives, "handle with care" material on hiker.

Hey Ron.

I acquired these blades separately. I bought the Bear first. I liked it so when its seeming twin model-2 was offered on E-bay, complete with similar commando shaped handle and brass hardware, I paid too much but got it? and they are a "nice pair."

Here is where secondary scholarship, gets me in trouble. It?s because various books that discuss characteristics often do not explain, just avow, and I don't have the first hand experience to winnow the data. The reason I thought the Bear was ?71-?72 or so was mostly because of the tang nut on the Bear. And I thought the model 2 might be later because of the lack of such a nut. I read somewhere that Randall went to the inverted tang nut with the excess ground off about 1971-72 or so.



But after looking around, I haven't found secondary confirmation about the timing, date, or how complete a switch to the inverted tang nut was, including bowies. But what the heck... they aren't Viet combat vets, so the pairing is enough to give them a cachet.

Thanks, Jack

[Jacknola]

Re: The use of the tang nut on the bear bowie. For them that?s interested, this is a 12-8 Bear Bowie with what I presume is an inverted or reverse tang nut. One book said this method of securing the handle was introduced in about 1971-72 and this method of securing the handle took the place of the outside tang nut thereafter. But absent some additional expert opinion on the date of the change, it probably should be taken with caution. As we know, there are competing theories in Randall world.



Below is a comparison of one the WBTS period portraits with a bowie (of reasonable size) against a Randall Thorp and Confederate. They probably not accurately scaled but the comparison is interesting? can't find much discussion or information about Randall Bowies.

[mtngunr]

Originally Posted by BoBlade

"Them ####ed Yankees had me so busy this week that I was forced to make a decision whether to clean my knife or my pants!"

them's fightin' words, boy....

[BoBlade]

"boy...." ?

A little respect for your elders, please. Last time I checked:

Originally Posted by mtngunr

i missed out on vietnam by 5yrs.

[mtngunr]

Originally Posted by BoBlade

"boy...." ?

A little respect for your elders, please.

Mebbee you'd lahk to make fun of MY pants, elder......

[mtngunr]

not a Thorp in sight....just an ambiance shot.....

[jeepster]

Ahhhh a group photo of the "good guys."

[BoBlade]

Them's fightin' words!