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Freaky Freddie Frameback, now scaled in Paduak with orange acrylic spacer.

No. I put my thumbnotches where I think it makes the grip "feel" best. If they are too close to te blade, it makes them feel a bit odd. It looks cool having the blade swoop right into a thumbnotch,...

That is some very deep pitting, and I did not feel like removing that much steel from the honing bevel area.

I'm not a perfectionist when it comes to restoring (one of the reasons I like working...

Hmmm.....seems as if I neglected to take any "before" shots...:(

Suffice it to say it did not have a thumbnotch, and it did have some rather severe corrosion and pitting....

Traditionalists avert thine eyes!

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Found a nice humpbacked faux frameback that was in rough shape (but the price was right....know what I'm sayin'?)

So I took her back to the shop and...