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Hey Buddel,

Hold off trying to remove that inlay! The scales you took off the original blade look to be in great condition. If you remove the inlay, it will ruin the scales!! You could either...

I think your Puma Gold is better with OUT the gold. Since, the gold (from what I have experienced) will cause rusting with time (this might be why the original owner removed it)

As for removing...

Do you mean Micheal Thomson? (from the original Yahoo SRP?)

I had him make me a set of ambonya burl scales for my Puma, using the original scales (which were broken) as a template, and the Puma...

Looks great!

I noticed that much, if not all, of the gold platting is removed from the tang/spine area... Which is good! The Puma Golds I owned would rust out on the gold platting, and I found...