1918 trench knife a tad off topic

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davidlgreen
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1918 trench knife a tad off topic

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a freind of mine is going to afghanistan this march, so i bought him this trench knife. i cleaned up the casting, florentined the handle, and chemically etched his name on the back of the handle, and made a new pommel. for those who don't know florentining is the process of putting crosshatching on metal, much like checkering on a gunstock.

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That's a thoughtful gift.
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i thought so too, goes nicely with model 1911 colt i gave him at christmasjavascript:emoticon(':rifles:')
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