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· #4,045 · Oct 30, 2018

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· #4,176 · Dec 23, 2018

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Snapped a few pics of my Yost Colt at the range today

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· #4,179 · Dec 23, 2018

41 Charlie said:
Whoa, I love this Super! What year is she?

54, I love how clean the roll marks are on the early 50's Supers with the roll mark pushed back closer to the serrations. This build was going to be a 71 9mm Large Letter, then I discovered these Supers... This one does have a 9mm and 38 Super barrels.

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· #4,284 · Jan 18, 2019

My Yost with the most appropriate book I could find

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· #4,320 · Feb 8, 2019

My Yost is ready for the weekend

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· #4,381 · Mar 7, 2019

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I just got some fresh new Spegel grips in, so I figured I would snap a couple pics with my recently acquired grail knife, a Neil Blackwood Mini Skirmish, with Hamon

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· #4,385 · Mar 8, 2019

BennyAdeline said:
Looks great! May I see a picture of the other side of the pistol please?

Thank you, and of course

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· #4,387 · Mar 8, 2019

BennyAdeline said:
Thanks friend. She’s a looker...very clean and spans the gap between retro and modern very well. What the finish?

Thank you, I spent a long time dreaming about this gun before I was able to have it made. It is blued.

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· #4,404 · Mar 9, 2019

Rezarf said:
That Blackwood is just awesome man. What is the steel on the blade?

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Thank you, it is a 1095 blade. I've long wanted a folder with a hamon and Neil is among my favorite makers so the combo was a dream come true. It is a completely unnecessary complication but the Japanese blade enthusiast in me thinks it is the coolest thing.

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· #4,409 · Mar 10, 2019

theJanitor said:
Did you order from Spegel directly? I’d like a set for my Garthwaite

I did. This is the second set I've bought directly from him, the first set I timed right and had in about a month, this set I timed wrong and had to wait 10 months for. I have one other set I bought off an auction website. Craig is great to deal with though and put up with me seemingly asking him to describe every wood blank in his inventory "or something close to that", and I dont think anyone checkers wood better than he does.

Oh, and I'd like a Garthwaite for my Spegel's

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· #4,518 · Apr 12, 2019 (Edited)

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· #4,519 · Apr 12, 2019

A quick family photo while I had em out

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· #4,521 · Apr 12, 2019

NathanS said:
Who did the blueing on the Colt and Wilson?

The Wilson is Wilson's deluxe blue and Ted Yost did the Colt, and I believe the Hijos de Villa is blue agave...

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· #4,523 · Apr 12, 2019

NathanS said:
How do you like the Wilson deluxe blue? I am heard mixed reviews on it but have wanted one of my Wilson’s done in it.

Blue Agave must of been good not a drop left

LOL, it dulled the pain of buying the other two.

I am very pleased with the Wilson Blueing and really like the lighter color compared to the very deep blueing of the Yost. The only other blueing I have to compare it to would be Les Baer's blueing, which it is infinitely better than.

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· #4,528 · Apr 13, 2019 (Edited)

tarosean said:
looks like the 50's era roll marks.. any info on the base gun?

You are correct, it is a 1954 38 Super. I was going to use a 1971 Large letter for the base before discovering these early Supers with what has become my favorite Colt roll mark, I love how on the early Super's the rollmark is all tucked behind the slide stop notch, giving the slide a very clean appearance. I had to hunt for awhile to find a clean example to use as a base, and hours before I was going to settle on a 1949 Colt, this one appeared and I snagged it. Ted took care of the rest.

Here is a pic of it "before"