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While helping with a friends knife collection I ran across this piece I did in 1996 so I thought I'd share it. The Randall is #216 of my early RBS dealer special with ivory. The engraving was done much later by Jere Davidson. At the time I finished this in 1996, Jere was a master engraver for Colt.

 
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I've been acquainted with Rick's work for a few years now and he is one of the few top scrimshanders in the country.

I was lucky; for six years I was in a relationship with a woman who, while not quite the skill level of Rick, she was, without any formal training, a good scrimshaw artist. I was able to benefit from her skills on a few knives that I own and a pair of 1911 Stocks she made for me as a surprise Christmas Present. I was assigned to the Coast Guard Cutter MOHAWK, home-ported in Key West and we were on patrol until the week before Christmas, 2000; these were my Christmas Present from her:


 
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