For Trade: Schatt & Morgan File & Wire C.B. Morgan Special Gunstock
TRADED
This is pattern #3 from series #3 of the File & Wire Knives, produced in 2005.
> 3.5 closed
> ATS-34 steel
> Blade stock is 1/8
> Worm grooved goldenroot bone with nickel silver boslters and brass liners
> Half stop
> Original box included
I bought this here at BF from another member a few years ago. Its been carried, used, and sharpened. Nice condition, has a good heft in hand. Pull is 4-5 out of 10, a little stronger from half to open than from closed to half. Good snap on closing. The spring is flush in the open and closed position, sits up a little bit at halfway. Good walk & talk. No wobble. Bolsters have scratches and suffs.
The blade is pretty thick toward the tip and the edge bevel is too. Its almost like an appleseed grind there. Given that, I leave the tip & leading 1/2 pretty well alone during sharpening and use it for scraping or a little twisting on things that a thinner blade might not handle as well. I have recently sharpened the knife on medium Sharpmaker rods for a good working edge. I must mention that there is a 1/4 long part of the edge thats rolled or blunted and doesnt seem to want to come all the way back around on medium rods during sharpening. Not a big deal for everyday work but I feel it should be disclosed. It starts at about the halfway point under the big S on the front etch. It isnt something I could adequately capture on camera, so I hope that description will suffice.
Ive done my best to illustrate the condition of the knife with 17 pictures, all of which were taken on 12/11/10. You can see them at the following link.
http://s154.photobucket.com/albums/s247/jujigatame/Sales/Gunstock/
If you have any questions please dont hesitate to ask.
Looking to trade for
> Medium Case CV stockman
> Case Wharncliffe trapper in tested red bone
> Boker whittler
> Maybe a GEC EZ Open #25.
Nice users are fine. After the above mentioned knives its fairly wide open. Ill take offers on pretty much anything 3 or over closed. Im not much for conventional trappers with a spey blade though. Whatcha got?
You can reach me by email
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Please note: I trade in the USA only. I will ship via priority mail with delivery confirmation and insurance.