Nice buy Paul! :thumbup:
The price is pretty good considering I paid about $22 last year with shipping. I haven't seen as many around lately. They don't seem to be as plentiful as they were last year. I think the price has been going up on these. I haven't really followed them lately, but that is the impression I get from the ones I have seen. I think you did good on that one. I like the 206 a lot because it looks a lot like bone, but is more durable with the Derlin handles on it. It will make a nice user or collectors piece either one. I haven't used my 206 because I have user 506 (the one w/o serial the #).
I have a 206 like yours, a 506 scrim with a retriever pup & a duck on it, and 2 GDBI which are really cool. One of them has a serial number and engraved back springs.
I got a 10OT, Ulster Barlow (Prince Albert) the other day for $22.18 with shipping. I think I got jerked on the shipping as the knife was only $9.99. See ebay # 250011555264. I am still waiting for it to get here.
Keep up the good work Paul. I almost called you the other day, I can't remember what time you said you get back from coffee.
I have a knife I want you to make a sheath for as soon as I get it finished. I had some others I was doing for someone, and I am on the downward slide on them finally. I will have them completed in a few days. The last knife is a hidden tang, kind of a fighter pattern, and I am making a mortise & tendon type handle. Well, the Dremel tool slipped and buried the router bit at the base of my thumb and I screwed up the handle. So I started on another handle, & it looks great! I got down to the 800 grit sandpaper and found a small crack in the wood. It didn't show up until the really fine dust from the 800 grit got into it. So I went to Portland to Gilmer Wood today, and got some more matching wood. I am almost done with the rough out of the handle for the third time. (Third time is the charm
and it went much faster). So, when I finish these I will get on the knife I want you to do a sheath for. It is the first knife I have made from a bar of steel, (usually I get blanks), did stock removal and sent it out to be heat treated. It is a camp/utility knife with a large Wharncliffe type blade. Since it is a special knife (to me), I figure it deserves a special sheath.
Kudos on the 206 :thumbup: :thumbup:
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