Western W49 Bowie

cziv

cziv

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Cleaning out the knife cupboard and some have to go. PM me for questions or my PayPal information. No interest in trades today thanks!

Payments to be made via PayPal personal option which will allow me to ship these out USPS Priority Mail with Delivery Confirmation. Add $3 for insurance.

I will ship to CONUS (18yrs and over). I reserve the right to sell to whom I choose. Knives (except for ESEE 4 and Western Bowie have their original boxes and any bags or inserts that were shipped with them.

Spyderco Centofante 3 - This one has been used lightly and sharpened once. I also used a mini-dremmel to enlarge the Spyderhole and got a lot of little nicks around it, nothing deep. It's been collecting dust for a few years so off it goes. Sold

Kershaw Leek 1660TGRYST - Framelock with SpeedSafe and a partially serrated S30V blade. This is a very nice little folder. It's like new and hasn't been used except to flick open and play around with. This knife is sold.
 
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ESEE #4 - This knife is new and never used but I don't consider it NIB because I used a file to blunt the heel of the blade (right at the choil) since it was digging into my finger and felt unsafe. I also reprofiled it to approximately 38 ° inclusive. It's in new condition otherwise and comes with original kydex sheath, 2 molle clips and the hardware for making attachments. Everything is as received. SOLD


Vintage Western W-49 Bowie Knife - My father acquired this knife in the late 1970's. The first time I recall seeing it was in his office in 1976. It has the original sheath and is rock solid!! Blade is 9 1/2" including hilt and OAL is 14 3/8" SOLD!
 
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Possibly interested in the ESEE 4. By any chance do you have photos of the blade heel/choil where you did the filing for the reprofile?

I probably won't ever break the ESEE 4, but I assume the filing would affect the warranty?

Thanks!
 
awl168 said:
Possibly interested in the ESEE 4. By any chance do you have photos of the blade heel/choil where you did the filing for the reprofile?

I probably won't ever break the ESEE 4, but I assume the filing would affect the warranty?

Thanks!
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I re-profiled the edge with a DMT Magna-Guide. All I did was blunt the edge at the finger choil. I have large hands and it felt like it might bite me. If you look at the side views you'll notice a slight rounding at the the very end of the cutting edge.

Here's a pic of that corner which is many times larger. Look to the top of the coated area of the finger choil and you'll see a tiny spot of silver color. That's where I took a coarse magna guide and rounded that rear corner. Certainly not a warranty issue.

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cziv said:
I re-profiled the edge with a DMT Magna-Guide. All I did was blunt the edge at the finger choil. I have large hands and it felt like it might bite me. If you look at the side views you'll notice a slight rounding at the the very end of the cutting edge.

Here's a pic of that corner which is many times larger. Look to the top of the coated area of the finger choil and you'll see a tiny spot of silver color. That's where I took a coarse magna guide and rounded that rear corner. Certainly not a warranty issue.

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Thanks. I'm going to decide b/w your ESEE-4 and the Laser Strike.
 
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