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Howdy,
Recently MajorD sent me his Bush Operator to have me make one of my Pouch-Sheaths for it. I gotta admit.... I've had alot of expensive knives in the shop for new pants but this is the first time I thought of asking him how much he needed to keep quiet about it's disappearance
It was hard send this one back and I figured I'd return the tease by posting pics before he get's everthing back in the mail tomorrow.
I can't cut anything with it since it's not mine but the first thing I noticed was the ergo's of the handle were excellent and the finger-guard was perfect too for choking up on the blade. Since this one had red liners he requested red Kydex which I was dying to use since I need to mock up a sheath for an ESEE group buy I'm hosting. Took some extra time to get the red anodized Chicago Screw post and red silicone spacers/bushings but I think it came out great....even ordered a red firesteel and added black shock-cord and a red end/pull for retention.
Here's a pic of the Bush Operator in "all it glory":
Side by side with it's new sexy-pants:
180* view:
Full view:
The scales on the knife are basically black & red which works out perfectly since my sheaths all have a black back. Here's a nice shot of all the black & red action and a clear view of the channel the sheath has so the blade never makes contact with plastic on the way in or out.... but still snaps in place. You'll notice there's also extra room for the scales to not have to "break" Kydex on the way in either:
One of my favorite's singled out:
Needless to say I've since emailed to get myself put on the "List"
I'm so glad that I can finally justify this kind of to my wife by just saying "it's a business expense"..lol. Fletcher makes a great knife (you already knew that) and now I'm on the hunt for a Hatchula..... hopefully I can pick one up before or at Blade this year.
Thanks for looking,
Eli
Recently MajorD sent me his Bush Operator to have me make one of my Pouch-Sheaths for it. I gotta admit.... I've had alot of expensive knives in the shop for new pants but this is the first time I thought of asking him how much he needed to keep quiet about it's disappearance
It was hard send this one back and I figured I'd return the tease by posting pics before he get's everthing back in the mail tomorrow.I can't cut anything with it since it's not mine but the first thing I noticed was the ergo's of the handle were excellent and the finger-guard was perfect too for choking up on the blade. Since this one had red liners he requested red Kydex which I was dying to use since I need to mock up a sheath for an ESEE group buy I'm hosting. Took some extra time to get the red anodized Chicago Screw post and red silicone spacers/bushings but I think it came out great....even ordered a red firesteel and added black shock-cord and a red end/pull for retention.
Here's a pic of the Bush Operator in "all it glory":
Side by side with it's new sexy-pants:
180* view:
Full view:
The scales on the knife are basically black & red which works out perfectly since my sheaths all have a black back. Here's a nice shot of all the black & red action and a clear view of the channel the sheath has so the blade never makes contact with plastic on the way in or out.... but still snaps in place. You'll notice there's also extra room for the scales to not have to "break" Kydex on the way in either:
One of my favorite's singled out:
Needless to say I've since emailed to get myself put on the "List"
I'm so glad that I can finally justify this kind of to my wife by just saying "it's a business expense"..lol. Fletcher makes a great knife (you already knew that) and now I'm on the hunt for a Hatchula..... hopefully I can pick one up before or at Blade this year.Thanks for looking,
Eli
