Hi,
I feel so blessed to have a knife from all three of my favorite knife people ... Chuck Burrows, Josh Dabney and Dave Cole .... not to mention the cool sheath from Ned and the elkhorn grip on the same Bowie from Cowboy 316...
But I sent a note to Dave Cole a couple of months ago saying that I really liked the Gentleman's Knife that he was selling in the classifieds ... that a small knife would have been right along with the Will Ghormley 'Johnny Ringo' rig I was gathering stuff for ... and if it was Damscus with matching stag grips to match the grips on my Schofield, it would be perfect.
Dave Cole's reply was, "Why don't I make you one like that instead?"
So here is a Work In Progress that he sent me:
And before someone starts, I am totally aware that it was very improbable to see Damascus in the West, but here Sacramento, but a overnight steamer from Bagdad-by-the-Bay, it was much more probable ... especially for someone who was willing to pay for the very best
I am also totally aware that stag handles was more or less a Hollywood creation ... but they were on my pistols when I got them. installed by a Territorial Governor, so I think I will keep them and the grips on the knife ....