Looks like a great size, love it!
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Let's talk Northwoods
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Buckeye Sharp
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I forgot how nice the Bear Lake V1 is and I’m not really a spear fan. Sweet stag and snappy action. Happy Stagurday!
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My guess is that this one is probably a fairly rare bird -- a small stag lockback from the Dave Shirley era. My hunch is that this may well be one of Dave Shirley's early Northwoods efforts, while transitioning over from MSA -- perhaps using up some remaining stock of Marble's oval shields along the way. I am all ears if anyone has any other ideas. The lockup on this little guy is absolutely rock solid, and the notch for the index finger is comfortable and allows for a good grip. Great size that slips easily into the pocket...
That is very cool. I have not seen one like that before.My guess is that this one is probably a fairly rare bird -- a small stag lockback from the Dave Shirley era. My hunch is that this may well be one of Dave Shirley's early Northwoods efforts, while transitioning over from MSA -- perhaps using up some remaining stock of Marble's oval shields along the way. I am all ears if anyone has any other ideas. The lockup on this little guy is absolutely rock solid, and the notch for the index finger is comfortable and allows for a good grip. Great size that slips easily into the pocket...
JW225
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I have only ever seen one other example of this one -- a version in brown Italian jigged bone.
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Prepare to see more posts about “bots” than usual across all NW posts 
MarbReds
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Anyone who gets a knife faster than me is a bot. Anyone who gets a knife slower than me was just unlucky.Prepare to see more posts about “bots” than usual across all NW posts
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This is my new mantra.
I’ll either be rubbing it in everyone’s face or too butthurt to view the forums for the next 2 weeks. No inbetween
thepapercut
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Any idea on handle materials yet?
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If I had to guess, 2 colors of micarta, 2 colors of sawcut bone, and mammoth. Maybe if we are lucky we will get stag, too.
Vaporstang
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I have a red micarta and a stag in addition to the camel bone here. I can't find pictures of the other ones. I will be in it to win it tomorrow. (My luck has not been good the last several drops.) Good luck to the non flippers!
Soulrack223
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Black burlap in the teaser picture. So I will guess brown burlap. Mammoth tooth seems to be a standard high dollar offering in these runs. Blue camel bone, cocobolo, iron wood, hopefully Osage orange and stag are possibilities. A compliment of micarta makes sense. Wish I knew what was my #1 going in.
