Awesome knife. Aint just the southern boys with the sang digging. When I first saw it, was gonna ask if you were from Wisconsin. Used to be tons of it around here, then came the boom in the 80's. Every Tom, Dick, and Harry was out trying to get rich. Dummies didn't know enough to leave the young stuff, and now it's hard as heck to find anything. They still grow it on the farms, mostly, but not the same.
Anyway, impressive piece.
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