A blast from the past: 1980's Ron Lake Bowie

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A buddy bought this Lake at the NY Knife Show in the 1980's from another great, A.G. Russell. A.G. was supposedly sitting at a table near the corner and my friend said the knife caught his eye as he walked by and he couldn't walk away. He chatted with A.G. about it, paid for the knife, and A.G. reached into a box and pulled out the sheath and sheathed the knife and handed it over. My buddy says he stuck it in his belt and continued looking around the show, but it was the only knife he bought that day. It has spent the last four decades in and out of his safe (along with a Moran skinner). I was honored to get to handle such a great piece of knife making history and wanted share the pictures of it with folks here.
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Sounds tempting!
 
Sweet! It's in great shape, too. Good going.

I sent Ron the link to this post. I'll report back if noted. :)
 
From Ron Lake:
"Hello Jim,
You gotta start from somewhere when you make knives. This was probably made in 1968 (I’m guessing). Probably sold for less than $50.00. This is long before I met another knifemaker or knew what a knife was supposed to look like. The butt cap and guard are bronze. I can’t tell exactly what the wood material is because of the reddish colored background on the photo, but it’s probably bubinga or rosewood. It’s amazing how this stuff gets around because most of my stuff in that period was sold in my area in central Illinois. Thanks for sharing.
Ron"
 
I bought this bowie made in 65 and given to a Ron ´ friend. Also got the Blade magasine with a 2 page item about this bowie
 
SharpByCoop said:
From Ron Lake:
"Hello Jim,
You gotta start from somewhere when you make knives. This was probably made in 1968 (I’m guessing). Probably sold for less than $50.00. This is long before I met another knifemaker or knew what a knife was supposed to look like. The butt cap and guard are bronze. I can’t tell exactly what the wood material is because of the reddish colored background on the photo, but it’s probably bubinga or rosewood. It’s amazing how this stuff gets around because most of my stuff in that period was sold in my area in central Illinois. Thanks for sharing.
Ron"
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Given I lived a few miles from Ron in those days, I wish had known he was making knives. Randall, Ruana, and Moran were about the only makers on my personal radar. I was was packing for a South East Asia senior trip and he might have been able to help me!
 
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