BJ Snow bowie and Les Baer 1911
by Rob Leahy 
, Prescott, Arizona, Monday, March 09, 2015, 23:15 (3551 days ago)
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I cut off the dangly bits of the sheath and added a stud to it... carries inside the belt nicely now!
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Could you post a picture of what the stud looks like?
Won't that stud be hard on belts and pants?
It is simply a brass stud as used on flap holsters since
by Rob Leahy , Prescott, Arizona, Tuesday, March 10, 2015, 10:28 (3551 days ago) @ stonewalrus
before the 1860 until the 1917 Half flap that I was issued in the early 1980s.
You can easily acquire them via Tandy Leather, and add them as one would add a rivet.
Really the big brass hard to find mushroom shaped head is a bit better, but not much...![[image]](images/uploaded/2015031015265254ff0d3c5a944.jpg)
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Picture of the stud:
by brionic , Tuesday, March 10, 2015, 10:29 (3551 days ago) @ stonewalrus
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Rimshot!
HAHAH!
by Rob Leahy , Prescott, Arizona, Tuesday, March 10, 2015, 11:26 (3551 days ago) @ brionic
Thank you, funny man...
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BJ Snow bowie and Les Baer 1911
Rob, is that HP bevel on the slide the result of removing forward cocking serrations?
I despise FCS, and that looks like a good way to get rid of them.
Yes...and So do I! this was done from a S80 Commander
by Rob Leahy , Prescott, Arizona, Tuesday, March 10, 2015, 10:23 (3551 days ago) @ Catoosa
And a Les Bear Lwt Frame, by a local smith... He passed away, I picked it up from his estate. it is a wonderful little 45. Most of you here all understand the quality of a bill Snow blade!
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Watch yor fingers around that edge!
by Miles , CIVITATES AMERICAE, Tuesday, March 10, 2015, 11:05 (3551 days ago) @ Rob Leahy
If that is from the same piece of Wootz that mine is, BJ can put an edge on that past wicked sharp.
Yep, EVERYtime someone grabs it they let their fingers
by Rob Leahy , Prescott, Arizona, Tuesday, March 10, 2015, 11:27 (3551 days ago) @ Miles
stray to the top edge...wicked sharp top edge...
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Rob, what do you think is the practical maximum length
For a knife blade carried like that?
I have been carrying this 11 inch blade for about 2 years
by Rob Leahy , Prescott, Arizona, Wednesday, March 11, 2015, 09:33 (3550 days ago) @ stonewalrus
but I am 6 foot tall.... Mr. Bagwell takes many measurements when he builds a custom blade and takes one's stature and build into account.
If I were doing this again,from scratch, I would have to try out several different lengths to see what worked best for me.
Lynn Thompson is shorter than me but totes a Laredo Bowie, easily.
I mostly carry my Laredo Bowie, I will be toting BJ Snow's blade more now that I have fixed the sheath.
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Rob, do you clank when you walk?
Blade length...Bowies were outlawed in Alabama...because of
by Rob Leahy , Prescott, Arizona, Thursday, March 12, 2015, 11:40 (3549 days ago) @ stonewalrus
their effectiveness...Carry a 5 or 5" Smaller blade I'll bet BJ Snow has one ready to go. the Randal style blade fits that description, but the sheaths are NOT what you want for concealment.
this Peacekeeper II is a easy to conceal knife with excellent steel and a very practical IWB sheath. the clip is a little small at 1.5" n=but it clips to the top of a boot or the pants just fine.Very affordable, many folks I know that work in "a Non-permissive " environment, carry these.
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