Custom Kalinga ? Help with an engraved 401

shootin-blanks · Mar 23, 2012

What do you think? Rescued this from a pawn shop.. Custom or winter project?

jb4570 · Mar 23, 2012

After market stuff! very nice score:thumbup:
jb4570

ItsTooEarly · Mar 24, 2012

Very coool... I don't think it's a custom, like JB said after market... :thumbup:

shootin-blanks · Mar 26, 2012

For 15 bucks, I could not resist ! The blade has not been sharpened.. wish they were not so hard on the sheath..

David Martin · Mar 26, 2012

That is no winter project. It was done by someone with trained talent and correct engraving tools. Custom indeed! May not have been done by a Buck employee in the Custom Shop but its custom done. Very nice work. Try to find out who did it. DM

jb4570 · Mar 26, 2012

Well you weren't shootin blanks when you scored that knife for $15.....awesome deal!
jb4570

shootin-blanks · Mar 26, 2012

David Martin said:
That is no winter project. It was done by someone with trained talent and correct engraving tools. Custom indeed! May not have been done by a Buck employee in the Custom Shop but its custom done. Very nice work. Try to find out who did it. DM

I have no idea how to find out who did it.. That's why I put the pictures up here.. They really did a beautiful job, even engraving the front and back of the rivets on the sheath. I picked it up a couple years ago in a pawn shop in Bradenton Florida. $15-US... it was a GREAT find, for sure..

sitflyer · Mar 27, 2012

Very classy engraving...Nice find :thumbup:
starting here was a good idea...hopefully Mr. peterinct will see this...he is a very talented engraver and might be able to steer you in a direction for your search...