Snapshots from Bill's youtube "shoptalk, etc." videos, circa 2007:

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I watched those and got so inspired that I went to work on my old keepsake USMC knife from the 1960's:

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The original scabbard is gone, a nylon sheath from a gunshow table stands in for the 10-ounce, 7"-bladed fightin' knife that climbed many trees in my childhood.
That is about all the gilding that lilly will stand.
I do have a couple of Ruana Bowies that I will trade for a Bagwell Bowie, sumbuddy please, just let me know how much boot you want.
I should have got out more and learned about Bill Bagwell Bowies before there was a 3-year wait for one in 2017.


Ron aka "Rip" for Riflecrank Internationale Permanente
NRA Life Benefactor and Beneficiary
.458 Winchester Magnum, Magnanimous in Victory
THE WALKING DEAD does so remind me of Democrap voters. Donkeypox.