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To: SandRat
I have a knife made by my father on Guadalcanal. I don't remember what the steel blade used to be, but the laminated handle was made of discs of plexiglass, aluminum sheet metal, and brass sheet metal taken from a Japanese Zero fighter and its 20mm cannon shells. The cast aluminum parts of the handle were made from melted Zero aluminum, and molded in plaster molds with plaster given by a Navy corpsman. In the pommel a small picture of my mother's face was inserted and sealed in with a small disc of Zero plexiglass.

That's a keeper.

13 posted on 09/05/2006 6:00:32 PM PDT by Dumpster Baby ("Hope somebody finds me before the rats do .....")
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To: Dumpster Baby
Hi Dumpster Baby-

That old knife crafted on Guadalcanal sounds awesome! If there is a way for you to post the picture on this thread, it would be greatly appreciated.

~ Blue Jays ~

23 posted on 09/05/2006 6:33:55 PM PDT by Blue Jays (Rock Hard, Ride Free)
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