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Price is $300 $250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
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Great blade shape, I really like that!I've never been a fan of the bulbous spear blade, but I am a big fan of the #56 pattern, so I grabbed a two-blade stag Bird Dog when they came out. I had this mod planned from the beginning, to turn the big spear into more of a drop point, and recut the swedge. It turned out pretty good. Sorry for the indoor pic, it's storming here, but the light I had shows off the mod pretty well. Now to begin the patina.
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Another nice one, Jeff. How does that sheepsfoot sit in the handle, does it interfere with your grip?Today I completed the mod to my #81 bull moose. Spear to drop point and clip to sheepfoot.
Awesome job Jeff, when a mod looks factory you know ya done goodThanks, man. Actually, it forms a nice choil right where the index finger sits naturally. Very secure grip.
I've never been a fan of the bulbous spear blade, but I am a big fan of the #56 pattern, so I grabbed a two-blade stag Bird Dog when they came out. I had this mod planned from the beginning, to turn the big spear into more of a drop point, and recut the swedge. It turned out pretty good. Sorry for the indoor pic, it's storming here, but the light I had shows off the mod pretty well. Now to begin the patina.
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Today I completed the mod to my #81 bull moose. Spear to drop point and clip to sheepfoot.
Thanks, man. Actually, it forms a nice choil right where the index finger sits naturally. Very secure grip.
I like that a lot! I would find that blade combo most useful, since I punch more often than I spey.I did a little experiment using this 4 blade Rough Rider Stockman, turning the spey blade into a punch. I was thinking about doing this mod' on a RR sowbelly so I did a practice run on this one first. I will do things a bit differently if I mod' the sowbelly , like do the bevel grind on the same side as the nail nick and try to keep my grind straight.
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I like that a lot! I would find that blade combo most useful, since I punch more often than I spey.
Plus, I just love punch blades. 
Wow, where do you get that stuff? Does it come from somewhere outside of the knife world? Google only turns up complete knives with it and not the material by itself. These "personalized" results are getting frustrating.Been wanting to check out a Corelon sided Case knife for some time - finally found one cheap enough for me to add the full Ratcliffe treatment to it ... actually like the texture of the plastic - it has a nice tactile feel (not slippery), nice and slim:
The knife started life with the corelon sides - I just reshaped one of the muskrat blades into a wharncliffe ... hence the Ratcliffe mod play on words.
Thank you, sir.
flatblackcapo
all hand reground?
mrknife, I did it freehand on a belt grinder.