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dobywon

dobywon

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Ok guys, I picked this Meaner up last week from that auction place and I would like a little info on it. I dont recall ever seeing another one like it. It has a satin finish w/tan micarta slabs. It is sterile and the blade thickness is 7/32. I dont have any calipers but that is exactly what it is with a small tape measure. It also has the wide flared tube fasteners. Is this guy rare and about when was it made? It is a real nice meaner and I would like a little info if anyone can help.

Thanks in advance for looking and replying.

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It's looks to have been modded. I'd contact Ban to see if it's his work, but could be a few others also. Good looking blade.

-Dan

(Edited to add: I hope this didn't come across in a negative way, I like the knife but it just didn't lok like a factory offering to me :thumbup: )
 
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I really watched that one and spoke to seller. He thought originally it had snakeskin but after some pics he understood they were tan.

He told me he bought it at the same time the Leaner meaner LE and Meaner Le were at BCS. I can't confirm but that was a nice grab either way.

Nice score Lee!:thumbup:

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I see Ken44 at the bottom. He knows the meaners...
 
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steelnut said:
Is it a Ban job? Very nice....
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I dont think Ban has ever done the flared tubes. He did my AK and the tubes look great but they are not flared alot and they also have a seam where the Busse tubes are seamless.
 
MD13 said:
It's been modded. I'd contact Ban to see if it's his work, but could be a few others also. Good looking blade.

-Dan
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Please explain..........., the only mod I can see is the talon holes have been flared a little and the edge was sharpened, but its not convex which is another reason I dont think its been "Banned".
 
Looks like a miliganza that Ban did( edit-now I think it's original). When those first come out he was still putting a standard V edge on his mods. But he was hand finishing them then, handle to tip, and this one doesn't look like a hand rubbed finish.

Many of the origanal MrS's were sterile, and I have seen an original sterile AD with Tan scales. But the holes were a bit smaller on the older ones, yours looks like the bigger holes. Do you have a current AD or Meaner to compare those holes to?

If there smaller holes than the current one, then its an origanal.


EDIT- Heres an original MrS, your plunge line looks the same...so I say its an original. If the holes are smaller than the newer ones it has to be.
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I did compare them and the holes are quite a bit smaller Ken. I know that the fasteners are Busse because none of our guys here do the flared out tubes like these. And there is no way this knife was stripped with the scales left on. The metal inside the talon holes looks like raw heat treated metal too.
 
dobywon said:
Please explain..........., the only mod I can see is the talon holes have been flared a little and the edge was sharpened, but its not convex which is another reason I dont think its been "Banned".
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Kenny stated pretty much what I would've said. Whether it was Ban or not, I still lean toward it being a modded knife. (I could be wrong.) I've never seen that balde as a Busse offering in that variant. If so, it's a great piece. With the countersunk talon and rear holes, the satin type finish, along with the question whether the rivets have been replaced, lead me to believe as Kenny stated, that it's a Miliganza meaner with tan micarta handles that's been modded.

Also, if it were a custom shop piece I would think it would be labled as such, though not always. I'm sure there are a few sterile CS pieces out there.

Edit: I see Kenny put the paper Leaner up there, so if your's was done at the shop like that, then yes, indeed you got a sweet knife!

Have you contacted the shop about it by any chance?
 
dobywon said:
I did compare them and the holes are quite a bit smaller Ken.
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Its original then. I have seen an original .150 AD in satin/tan, but never a MrS. Couldn't have been many I wouldn't think. Great score!
 
The only difference in mine and Ken's is the fact the talon holes are countersunk but the seller told me that he had it professionally resharpened so they may have done that.

I also dont think its a milli meaner because of the wide flared tubes and it has no coating inside the talon holes only what looks to be heat treated steel.

You can also see the satin lines run from spine to edge not handle to tip.

Here is a comparison pic,

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Regardless of wherever that came from, it's a sweet looking knife. :thumbup: If you find out anything from the shop, please let us know. I'd like to know if there are any more of those out there. :D

-Dan
 
Yep, those are the small holes of old.

Also, had it been a milli, it would have came out under .190 (or less) to get the dimples out. No way to get them out without removing steel.


.220 was original. I'm sure thats what yours is if you mic it.
 
Ken44 said:
Yep, those are the small holes of old.

Also, had it been a milli, it would have came out under .190 (or less) to get the dimples out. No way to get them out without removing steel.


.220 was original. I'm sure thats what yours is if you mic it.
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Thanks alot !!!!!
 
My original Meaner is nearly 1/4" thick as well, looks like you do indeed have an original run Meaner. Yes, they were offered in Satin iirc.
 
Original Meaner Streets were definitely offered in satin, but only a small percentage were sterile from what I've been told.

Here's one in satin & green linen.

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Nice score, dobywon! :):thumbup:
 
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