Posts: 5,981 Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Tue 05 May, 2009 9:32 am
The knife arrived yesterday, and I'd say it's a steal. :D Well made and balanced. Robust. Good fit and finish. Even the sheath is decent, if a bit flash. Dull. I thought I'd hate the nickel, but it's actually quite nice, reminiscent of silver-mounted knives of the Federal Period in this country. Speaking of which...
Nevermind a medieval conversion. It's better suited to an slight upgrade for its own period. I'll round those facets at the heel of the grip, sharpen and refinish the blade, refine the bevel of the scales and refinish them in black, then make a plain black scabbard/sheath. Then, with that nickel bolster, I think this will fit into the family of silver-mounted gentlemen's knives of the Federal Period. I'm very fond of those knives (Searles, et al.) but don't know enough about them to write a formal review of this piece (any tips on books? I have a coffee-table book about historic American firearms, and that includes many of these early knives as props. I have Neumann, of course, but nothing else).
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