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Well, though with my back as bad as it is, I can't do much, I did just manage to pick up 2 new, VERY sweet customs, from Neil at TNK. Who, by the way, just updated his website, his post-concussion update, and man, are there some amazing new knives up there! Well, less 2 that is. 
OK, the first is something I have wanted for a loooooong time, but they are not easy to come by, and, the very few times I saw one for sale, I was broke, but, not this time... A Mini-Gun damascus Patton (JS) fighter. And, to my eyes, the coolest one I ever saw.
8 3/4" blade, forged from Patton's unique mini gun damascus steel, the guard and buttcap are both forged mini-gun steel. The handle is F-18 carbon fiber, and, on the buttcap, there is a black pearl cabachon set in a stainless bezel. The last mini gun fighters I saw for sale, and maybe I saw 2 in the past year, had wood handles, which are nice no doubt, but, seems to me, the F-18 CF was meant to be the handle material for these knives, for obvious reasons. What could compliment better, or be more appropriate on a knife with a blade made of mini-gun steel, than CF from the wing of an F-18? The black pearl inlay on the buttcap is just icing. I can't believe I finally scored one of these, my hat's off to Neil for getting this one, like I said, they are next to impossible to find.
Next, while looking over the rest of the new stuff, I couldn't resist a super sweet Bailey Bradshaw small, spearpoint bowie, explosion damascus blade, forged Turkish damascus guard and ferrule, and, all are multi-bar! And, who could miss that amazingly sweet Sambar stag handle. This bowie just looks right to me, and, I am a big fan of Bailey's, have been for a long time. This is another of his neat takedown bowies, where the handle can be easily removed from the knife by unscrewing the blued finial screw in the buttcap.
Anyway, can't wait to get them, once I do, I'll take, and post some more pics.
Needless to say, I won't sleep until the Patton and BS arrive.
OK, the first is something I have wanted for a loooooong time, but they are not easy to come by, and, the very few times I saw one for sale, I was broke, but, not this time... A Mini-Gun damascus Patton (JS) fighter. And, to my eyes, the coolest one I ever saw.
8 3/4" blade, forged from Patton's unique mini gun damascus steel, the guard and buttcap are both forged mini-gun steel. The handle is F-18 carbon fiber, and, on the buttcap, there is a black pearl cabachon set in a stainless bezel. The last mini gun fighters I saw for sale, and maybe I saw 2 in the past year, had wood handles, which are nice no doubt, but, seems to me, the F-18 CF was meant to be the handle material for these knives, for obvious reasons. What could compliment better, or be more appropriate on a knife with a blade made of mini-gun steel, than CF from the wing of an F-18? The black pearl inlay on the buttcap is just icing. I can't believe I finally scored one of these, my hat's off to Neil for getting this one, like I said, they are next to impossible to find.
Next, while looking over the rest of the new stuff, I couldn't resist a super sweet Bailey Bradshaw small, spearpoint bowie, explosion damascus blade, forged Turkish damascus guard and ferrule, and, all are multi-bar! And, who could miss that amazingly sweet Sambar stag handle. This bowie just looks right to me, and, I am a big fan of Bailey's, have been for a long time. This is another of his neat takedown bowies, where the handle can be easily removed from the knife by unscrewing the blued finial screw in the buttcap.
Anyway, can't wait to get them, once I do, I'll take, and post some more pics.
Needless to say, I won't sleep until the Patton and BS arrive.
