French point Bengall in Bloodwood with two washer pins

[cannonfodder]

I pinned my second Bengall this afternoon. This is a 5/8 French point that is in super condition, no pits or stains, polished out to a nice shine. I fitted it to bloodwood scales with a matching wedge. I tried something new with the pins. I have been using 1/16 brass rod with a stainless washer and it looked good, but the stainless was just a little out of proportion to the brass pin. So, I used the same rod and stainless washer but I added a second brass washer over the stainless. It gave them a more stair stepped and decretive appearance as well as balancing out the proportions. I like it, and did it on two other blades I pinned today. The down side, it uses twice as much materials but I like them. comments?

I really like how the irradiant orange pops out in the sunlight on this wood stock. I searched through a lot of wood of find the stock that had just the right grain. This particular wood stock has a little sapwood intermixed in the heartwood which gives it a feathery iridescent look.

The blade tang is stamped Bengall (obviously) but the other side is stamped A-Bol.Boklancf maskinaffar. I assume that is the place of manufacture, anyone have any other insight? I will be listing this one for sale, soon.