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  1. 01-17-2011, 11:39 AM #1
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    Default Damascus axe

    - Silversteel + Steel from the cannon of the German Tank Leopard (Leopard 1 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia), 175 layers

    - 17/16 nearly wedge

    - 130 Gramm

    - scales from rare black & white ebony







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    Stunning piece, Gabor! I love the fact that the steel came from a Leopard! What a tremendous historical piece.

    Glad to see you're back at it after your injury. Of course seeing this piece just makes my mouth water waiting for my turn in the queue!
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    What an incredibly beautiful BEAST.
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    WOW!!!! Incredible.
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    yup definitely stunning. Strangely enough the "end grain" is really nice.
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    That is a beautiful razor, the blade and scales go together perfectly.

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    Wow, that is a razor with a presence! Beautiful work Gabor with extraordinary
    materials.
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    Default Beautiful razor-interesting history

    Buddel,

    What an incredibly beautiful razor! That it contains steel from the main gun of a Leopard, increases the WOW factor.

    I rode, with the Bundeswehr, in a Leopard, during Operation Reforger 1976. The main gun was a, standard for NATO, 105mm cannon. Great guys and super competent troops. "Egon" could put a round into a tank carcass at 3,000 meters with, but one, ranging shot. Highly impressive marksmanship in anyone's book.

    I was the gunner on an M60A1 Patton Main Battle Tank. At the time, the Leopard was THE epitome of a main battle tank . All the American tankers were highly envious of the Leopards.

    Thanks for the great pictures and interesting background.

    Sincerely,

    An old tread head.
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    Amazing work!!
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    Beautiful as always Gabor. Seeing things like that makes me think about whether I should make space for a second Buddel in my collection.
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