Greetings all,
Offered for sale is my Russ Andrews MS Test Bowie in stag and damascus - a unique purchase opportunity for the forged blade collector.
In each maker's career, there will only ever be 5 knives that are certified to be of Master Smith quality. This is one, and from one of the very best.
Specs on this piece are as follows:
As mentioned, there is unique provenance to this piece. In descending order of importance:
I'm including these pics by Russ becasue they show off the shimmer in the blade steel quite well:
Russ' current price for such a piece is $1,600 with a wait of a few years.
I am offering this one at [US$1,795 NOW REDUCED TO US$1,650 shipped and Paypaled (prefered), with Coop's excellent photo shipped with the knife.
I'm more than happy to answer any questions you might have, but the first "I'll take it" gets the knife.
If you'd like to make it yours, just let me know.
Roger
Offered for sale is my Russ Andrews MS Test Bowie in stag and damascus - a unique purchase opportunity for the forged blade collector.
In each maker's career, there will only ever be 5 knives that are certified to be of Master Smith quality. This is one, and from one of the very best.
Specs on this piece are as follows:
- Blade length 8 1/2" with OAL of 13 3/8"
- Blade steel: 416 layers of 1084 / 15N20 pattern welded in a "random ladder".
- Guard, ferrule and butt cap: opposing twist damascus
- Sheath: hand-stitched leather with inlaid sharkskin, damascus frog from same steel as the fittings.
As mentioned, there is unique provenance to this piece. In descending order of importance:
- This was one of Russ' 5 Master Smith test knives.
- The knife was published in both Blade Magazine and the Knives 2009 annual.
- This piece was a finalist in the 2007 bladeforums "Best Bowie" contest
I'm including these pics by Russ becasue they show off the shimmer in the blade steel quite well:
Russ' current price for such a piece is $1,600 with a wait of a few years.
I am offering this one at [US$1,795 NOW REDUCED TO US$1,650 shipped and Paypaled (prefered), with Coop's excellent photo shipped with the knife.
I'm more than happy to answer any questions you might have, but the first "I'll take it" gets the knife.
If you'd like to make it yours, just let me know.
Roger
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