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John Moses Browning’s Knife? (Okay...Perhaps Not...)
February 26, 2020, 04:09 PM
TheFrontRangeJohn Moses Browning’s Knife? (Okay...Perhaps Not...)
While browsing recently at an antiques consignment shop, I came across a little knife inscribed with the initials of one of history’s great firearms designers, “JMB” for “John Moses Browning.”
Being a gun fan in general and a 1911 guy in particular, I had to snag it.
A guy can dream, right?
Shown with Les Baer UTC 1911 and some Bruce Nelson Combat Leather signature-wear.
"The sea was angry that day, my friends - like an old man trying to send back soup in a deli." - George Costanza
February 26, 2020, 06:46 PM
SiGagainCool knife and pistol...
Tell me more about that hat...I have a P220 holster made by Mr. Nelson...
Bill
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February 26, 2020, 08:23 PM
TheFrontRangequote:
Originally posted by SiGagain:
Cool knife and pistol...
Tell me more about that hat...I have a P220 holster made by Mr. Nelson...
Bill
Hey, thank you!
Erik Little / Rafter-L Leather has put these hats (available in either khaki or gray) on eBay. I think that the initial offering was made available to members of the “Bruce Nelson Combat Leather Group” on Facebook. I can check, if you’d like, to see if the eBay sale is opened beyond just that limited population.
"The sea was angry that day, my friends - like an old man trying to send back soup in a deli." - George Costanza
February 27, 2020, 07:27 AM
SiGagainthank you ...I'll check that out and thanks for sharing the pics
Bill
Fast is Fine...Accuracy is Final
*SiGARMS GSR Revolution STX
*SiG/Sauer*P220*P226*P228*P230*P245*SPC2009*P365
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February 27, 2020, 07:28 AM
SiGagainfound the hats along with a key chain...thanks again...
Bill
Fast is Fine...Accuracy is Final
*SiGARMS GSR Revolution STX
*SiG/Sauer*P220*P226*P228*P230*P245*SPC2009*P365
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February 27, 2020, 08:06 AM
gjgalliganSeems like that a Bruce Nelson Combat Leather hat would be made out of leather.
Integrity is doing the right thing, even when nobody is looking.
February 27, 2020, 01:47 PM
TheFrontRangequote:
Originally posted by SiGagain:
found the hats along with a key chain...thanks again...
Bill
You’re welcome!
February 27, 2020, 01:47 PM
TheFrontRangequote:
Originally posted by gjgalligan:
Seems like that a Bruce Nelson Combat Leather hat would be made out of leather.
LOL!
February 28, 2020, 07:30 PM
FundmanI have what appears to be the same pocket knife. I came as part of a $20 tool kit from Home Depot.
February 28, 2020, 08:37 PM
TheFrontRangequote:
Originally posted by Fundman:
I have what appears to be the same pocket knife. I came as part of a $20 tool kit from Home Depot.
Naw. Don’t bring me down like that, man.
(LOL)
February 29, 2020, 03:46 PM
CLEANDEANJ. M. B. Juan Morales Borachone
Never judge a man, till you have walked a mile in his shoes.....
That way, you'll be a mile away from him; and you'll have his shoes.
February 29, 2020, 05:22 PM
Scooter123For sure and for certain that is NOT John Moses Browning's knife. Because the Philips head screw was invented during the 1930's AFTER Mr. Browning had passed.
As for that knife itself, I used to carry multiknives many years ago in the early 70's. However I found that they were just too bulky and heavy and switched to small single blade folders that were a knockoff of the Buck. BTW, finally did get a real Buck for about 40 bucks in the late 80's but once I handled a Spyderco that Buck went into a drawer and I've been a Spyderco man ever since.
I've stopped counting.
March 02, 2020, 01:20 AM
TheFrontRangequote:
Originally posted by CLEANDEAN:
J. M. B. Juan Morales Borachone
Possibly, possibly - haha! Love it!
March 02, 2020, 01:24 AM
TheFrontRangequote:
Originally posted by Scooter123:
For sure and for certain that is NOT John Moses Browning's knife. Because the Philips head screw was invented during the 1930's AFTER Mr. Browning had passed.
As for that knife itself, I used to carry multiknives many years ago in the early 70's. However I found that they were just too bulky and heavy and switched to small single blade folders that were a knockoff of the Buck. BTW, finally did get a real Buck for about 40 bucks in the late 80's but once I handled a Spyderco that Buck went into a drawer and I've been a Spyderco man ever since.
I’m with you. As a kid, I was enamored of my buddy’s full-on Swiss Army Knife. He had the most deluxe version our local Service Merchandise location had to offer, one with all the bells and whistles, even a toothpick haha. I do carry a small Leatherman Micra on a keyring but do far more “work” with a lockback folder or even a relatively small fixed-blade knife.
"The sea was angry that day, my friends - like an old man trying to send back soup in a deli." - George Costanza