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Well!!! Maverick's Dream Knife arrived today, by UPS as noted in the Buck email.
Here's a [bad] pic...(below)...
Some observations...
The smooth Water Buffalo is very nice; there are some flecks of white in the scales, but you really have to look for them...the Nickel Silver bolsters came out nice...the blade shows the recent Custom Shop length of 3 5/8" instead of the 420HC length of 3 3/4"...the edge bevel on one side of the blade is constant throughout its length; on the other side, the bevel widens as it approaches the tip...to approximately twice the width the bevel has at the tang...
It is a real bear to close - the rockerbar is really under a lot more tension than any other of my 110's...
Blade is centered in open and closed positions; and does not "sit proud"...the rockerbar does not protrude in either position, as someone in another thread commented on their 110...rear bolster pins are quite visible on one side, but not on the other...not protruding or sunken, just darker...kinda odd...
The blade has that satin finish that I've come to love...fit between blade and rockerbar when extended is not as good as on my 426 drop-point Bucklites, but better than my Bass Pro CPM 154...almost the equal of a production [Wal-Mart/K-Mart] 420HC 110...
On a scale of 1 to 10 I'd give it an 8.5...:thumbup:
Thanks for the pic editing.... LOVELY KNIFE!!!!
