Another Texas Heritage Bowie

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Here's the latest from my shop, the first knife of 2017. The steel is forged W2. The guard is wrought iron from the first railroad into Dallas in 1872. The wood is spalted sycamore from the grounds at the Texas Capitol. The coin is an 1836 half dollar, the year Texas won her independence from Mexico. OAL is 15 inches.

This is a fairly close copy of a knife I'll present to Texas governor Greg Abbott Jan 30th to commemorate House Bill 1935, which undid restrictive knife laws.

http://www.frycustomknives.com/announcements/ktxs-abc-news-more-knife-freedom

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Jason, very nice and be sure to get some pics to post on the presentation you make on the 30th! The copy of the presentation knife is fantastic, as I am sure the presentation knife will be. The story that goes with it, even that much better, how it all ties in! You can be proud of yourself and of your work!! Please be sure to post some photos of the event on the 30th!!!
 
I used the coin as the spacer in between the guard and wrought spacer. I ground it down to the profile of the other fittings, then used a checkering file.

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