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I picked up this Bagwell at an estate sale years ago. It was in a state of knife collecting purgatory. It had sat in its sheath for ages and showed the signs of it. But it wasn't so bad it was a lost cause. I didn't want to sell it because in its condition it just wasn't going to bring what it was worth to me being an original Master Smith stamped Bagwell. Then last month I decided to let it go. In that process a gentleman on the forum gave me Mr Bagwells contact info and I am forever grateful he did. I withdrew the knife and sent it down to Texas instead. I tell you something, they don't make em like Mr Bagwelll anymore. After a hilarious and informative phone conversation he told me to send him the knife and ten bucks for return shipping and he'd hook me up. Ten bucks. To tell the truth I thought if I sent to much more than ten dollars he may be offended and tell me to f-off. He is defiantly that proud of a man. Anyway I followed his directions and he's called a couple times to inform me what he remembers about the knife and yesterday I got it back. So grateful is all I can say. Can you imagine buying something, anything secondhand, in poor condition, them contact original maker and having them ask for ten dollars to make it brand new? The knife world if full of old world craftsmen who are proud. We have all this bullshit going on in the world today and one faction telling another they have all the answers and those answers are all so watered down, one sided, and idealistic. If we made folks that could just be proud of what the do what a country we could have again.
I digress. Here's the knife. He said he only made a couple and he was going for a rifle-mans knife that the Bowie evolved from. He said at the time he belonged to a black powder long rifle club.
I digress. Here's the knife. He said he only made a couple and he was going for a rifle-mans knife that the Bowie evolved from. He said at the time he belonged to a black powder long rifle club.
