Customized Browning Crowell/Barker Competition knife

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For sale is a Browning Crowell/Barker Competition cutter with pristine blade.
The micarta handle has been professionally modified for ergonomics in aggresive chopping.
It comes with original Browning box.

From Browning's website:

"This unique competition knife is a joint design effort between James Crowell and Reggie Barker, the only two men to have won an American Bladesmith Society (ABS) World Cutting Championship. Known as “The Sharpest Man in Texas,” Reggie Barker has won five cutting competitions in Washington, Arkansas and at the Bill Moran School of Bladesmithing Hammer-ins. He’s taken first place three times at the Spirit of Steel Show and won the 2004 and 2005 ABS World Championship Cutting Competition in Atlanta, Georgia. Well known throughout the knife industry, Crowell’s flawlessly crafted knives have appeared in over 20 publications worldwide and have been regarded among the best hand-forged knives ever produced.If there ever was a first-class, unique knife to collect or use, the Browning Crowell/Barker Competition is that knife."

How good is it?
[video=youtube;Z2XfJOFOjJY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2XfJOFOjJY[/video]

• Type - Fixed blade competition
• Blade - Heavy drop point, made from 1085C steel with a .142 satin finish, laser-etched on one side
• Blade Length - 10"
• Overall Length - 15"
• Handle - Micarta with three rivets and wrist lanyard
• Features - Custom-made top-grain leather sheath
• Weight - 17.4Oz
• Country of Origin - Taiwan

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155USD shipped with tracking number and insurance.

First to PM “I will take it” gets the knife.
 
So this is a production knife based on the designs of Crowell & Barker ?
Is it the actual same knife as shown in the video ?
How much use has it seen ?
thanks, roland
 
So this is a production knife based on the designs of Crowell & Barker ?
Yes it is. The handle is modified to suit a user's preference for heavy chopping.

Is it the actual same knife as shown in the video ?
I can't say. The profile of it matches and the "Browning" engraving is absent and " Barker" logo is at different location. Other than that it looks identical to me.

How much use has it seen ?
I haven't use it at all. Out of sheath and re-sheath for picture taking only. I have to rid this to fund another knife.

Thanks for looking.
 
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