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Old 04-28-2019, 08:11 PM
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Nearing completion on the big Bowie I'm making. All that is left is to send it off for heat treating and then pin the handle and polish.

Blade: D2 heat treated to 59 Rockwell (hopefully) and then cryo treated to convert any remaining austenite to martensite.

Handle: Golden Ebony. Twice as hard as red oak, sinks in water. I will probably put a sealer on it to prevent darkening with age, but it requires no finish and can be polished to a mirror finish with fine crocus cloth.

Sheath: 5/32" thick tooling leather, finished to match the ebony.

Here is what it looks like. It will be shinier after completion.



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^^^^ Beautiful!
Very much so ... WOW !!
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Every time I see that coin in a pic I think to myself what is that worth? Enlighten me please?!
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Every time I see that coin in a pic I think to myself what is that worth? Enlighten me please?!
If you took that coin to a coin shop, they probably wouldn't pay you much over melt price. $11.55 currently

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and that's why I wouldn't sell that or the other silver dollars I have!
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