Did a little pawn shop trolling today.
While in a shop snooping around looking in the knife case I saw, buried in a pile of El-Crappo knives, a lone stag handle that appeared to be real. One with that wonderful patina only legit use old stag gets. I asked to see the knife.
Looking it over, the knife seemed very well made. Scratched up pretty good I could make out a makers name. Ferguson. Date of 1990.
Marked $40 I’m thinking I found a hidden jewel.
I made an offer of $30 out the door. They bit.
Took the poor thing home. Spent about 20 minutes with some 1500 grit emery and a little Flitz polishing compound and cleaned her up.
She will not win any beauty contests but a solid knife me thinks.
The poor sheath was dried out as toast. Slathered it down with some Pecard’s leather dressing. Will let it soak overnight. Will be usable I think.
Did a bit of InTreWebz searching to find a custom bladesmith named Lee Ferguson over in Alabama? The name stamped on my blade sure looks like the one he uses. So maybe I scored something neat.
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While in a shop snooping around looking in the knife case I saw, buried in a pile of El-Crappo knives, a lone stag handle that appeared to be real. One with that wonderful patina only legit use old stag gets. I asked to see the knife.
Looking it over, the knife seemed very well made. Scratched up pretty good I could make out a makers name. Ferguson. Date of 1990.
Marked $40 I’m thinking I found a hidden jewel.
I made an offer of $30 out the door. They bit.
Took the poor thing home. Spent about 20 minutes with some 1500 grit emery and a little Flitz polishing compound and cleaned her up.
She will not win any beauty contests but a solid knife me thinks.
The poor sheath was dried out as toast. Slathered it down with some Pecard’s leather dressing. Will let it soak overnight. Will be usable I think.
Did a bit of InTreWebz searching to find a custom bladesmith named Lee Ferguson over in Alabama? The name stamped on my blade sure looks like the one he uses. So maybe I scored something neat.
pics before
After