What’s this Game Warden handle material? (plus more GW info)

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Edit: added this more recent list

I dug this nice table out of an old post by Lil Foo…
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But I couldn’t tell what this one in the middle is… between the tan canvas & SMOG (Desert Camo)…
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It is satin and measures in at 0.1415”

Being satin & 0.14” limits the possibilities on the list above. But, I don’t know if there were more GW releases after that list was last updated (3/20/08).

I think I can rule out GWLE?… found this old pic in the X:
Edit: this is not a GWLE, it’s a Tiger Warden. The LE is knife #1 in the table above, and they were not numbered like other LE)
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Gonna guess “green linen micarta” from your list. It’s definitely a micarta, has a bit of a green look and linen micarta is a smaller thread and finer weave which looks to be the case compared to the top one, which I assume is canvas.
 
Thank you.
I found a slightly more recent list & updated the first post.
 
AKA: the "Money Warden" due to the colors looking like Greenbacks. Probably the rarest of the Game Wardens. I asked Scott @ Blade East once how many existed, he said 27. Of course he might've been messing with me on "27", due to my number...but it is the smallest drop of the Busse Company Store Game Wardens. If you have one, nice score! 🤙

Old pic vvv They've probably aged towards brown a bit since then.

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Jaxx said:
AKA: the "Money Warden" due to the colors looking like Greenbacks. Probably the rarest of the Game Wardens. I asked Scott @ Blade East once how many existed, he said 27. Of course he might've been messing with me on "27", due to my number...but it is the smallest drop of the Busse Company Store Game Wardens. If you have one, nice score! 🤙

Old pic vvv They've probably aged towards brown a bit since then.

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Thank you!
Yes, I have one 🤘🏼

That was so nice of Lil Foo to keep that running list of GW releases. I’m going to see if there were any more released after his last table update… add/recreate if needed.
 
Nuker said:
Thank you!
Yes, I have one 🤘🏼

That was so nice of Lil Foo to keep that running list of GW releases. I’m going to see if there were any more released after his last table update… add/recreate if needed.
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Congrats! Are you trying for a complete set? 🙂
That list looks complete...IIRC 🤔👍
 
Well, I mean if you already have the GLGW &:the GWLE, you've already nabbed 2 of the hardest to score, the rest should be less difficult to get yer hooves on...! 🤔😁😁😁😉

Um, yeah, BTW, my *other* nickname around here used to be "Jaxx the Enabler" 😳😅😅 lol
 
Middle one in first pic is green linen micarta

On most of the handle milling designs green linen usually has a 3D look. It’s beautiful material that has not been offered for a long while.

The leprechaun game warden came standard with green linen.
 
Nismo17 said:
Middle one in first pic is green linen micarta

On most of the handle milling designs green linen usually has a 3D look. It’s beautiful material that has not been offered for a long while.

The leprechaun game warden came standard with green linen.
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Truth. Lep Wardens are OD Green coated though, His is satin finished & thinner, it's just called a Green Linen Warden.

Also, there's the Sage/GL Warden, & also the Fat Mean Green Warden @ doorstopper thickness... 🙂 .27"
 
Jaxx said:
AKA: the "Money Warden" due to the colors looking like Greenbacks. Probably the rarest of the Game Wardens. I asked Scott @ Blade East once how many existed, he said 27. Of course he might've been messing with me on "27", due to my number...but it is the smallest drop of the Busse Company Store Game Wardens. If you have one, nice score! 🤙

Old pic vvv They've probably aged towards brown a bit since then.

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I'm probably misremembering, but I thought IdahoSkunk said there were 19 green linen wardens.

And whatever the number was for green linen, Skunk said blue/black G10 was lower (in a thread, Jaxx said "when in doubt, the answer is always... 27," so make what you will of that).
 
JohnTheTexican said:
I'm probably misremembering, but I thought IdahoSkunk said there were 19 green linen wardens.

And whatever the number was for green linen, Skunk said blue/black G10 was lower (in a thread, Jaxx said "when in doubt, the answer is always... 27," so make what you will of that).
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LOL the answer *is* always 27! 😅😉
I did not know that about only 19, nor the Bruiser number being rarer. So it may have been Skunker messing with me 😄
Still learnin'. lol 🤔👍
 
He tried to get back in recently… but STAFF couldn’t get authorization/password stuff aligned… even after he re-upped on membership dues. Sucky.:confused:

I think this same thing happened to Mulder & bullpin, too.😔
 
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JohnTheTexican said:
I'm probably misremembering, but I thought IdahoSkunk said there were 19 green linen wardens.

And whatever the number was for green linen, Skunk said blue/black G10 was lower (in a thread, Jaxx said "when in doubt, the answer is always... 27," so make what you will of th
resinguy said:
I miss Skunk.
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he’s around but hasn’t taken the time to solve his login problem. ☹️
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Nuker said:
He tried to get back in recently… but STAFF couldn’t get authorization/password stuff aligned… even after he re-upped on membership dues. Sucky.:confused:

I think this same thing happened to Mulder & bullpin, too.😔
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I miss Dave and Scott. Great Hogs! If you guys can see this, cheers! 🍻
 
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This bottom one (black crinkle / Black G-10) isn’t on Lil Foo’s list and not in Ken Lunde’s set pic, which is in chronological release order/matching Lil Foo’s list. Ken’s pic and Foo’s list are primarily for the Busse Combat Store releases, via Skunk.

GW releases post BCS operation are generally not on the list, except for a couple at the very bottom.

I asked Jaxx Jaxx about the blk/blk one… it’s called a Stealth Warden. Apparently a Busse direct release and not handled through the BCS.

Apparently the Stealth Warden is missing from the post #1 list. Release date & other info TBD. Thickness on my Stealt Warden is 0.196” (probably a 0.195” blade)

Edit: blue underline (add) and red strike through (redact) per post below.
 
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This bottom one (black crinkle / Black G-10) isn’t on Lil Foo’s list and not in Ken Lunde’s set pic, which is in chronological release order/matching Lil Foo’s list. Ken’s pic and Foo’s list are primarily for the Busse Combat Store releases, via Skunk.

GW releases post BCS operation are generally not on the list, except for a couple at the very bottom.

I asked Jaxx Jaxx about the blk/blk one… it’s called a Stealth Warden. Apparently a Busse direct release and not handled through the BCS.
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I think that I've inadvertently confused you via PM's..my bad! ☺️ ...Stealth Warden *is* a BCS series release. The others we were talking about aren't. My apologies for the confusion 🙂
 
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