Very nice.

Nice!

Bad ' in "Pappy's"

Sorry for the question...but were these CC's or 5-5's with teeth?

BradB

I can not tell you, if, RMK made 5-5 with ST before 1982, the blade was always the Model 5 grind.
But I can tell you RMK started making Bear Camp Specials in June 1982. I have read 50 were made. They were ordered by a man, Pete Stebbins, through Doug Kenefick. All BC's came with ST.
The first 28 or 29 came with the Model 5" grind. The remainder came with the Combat Companion grind. If you ordered a Model 5-5 with ST today you get a CC grind.

I started in 8/83 and we were still grinding 5-5's w/st...I think the CC started in mid 80's and the similarities and the difficulties to add st to a 5-5 GTR/Dave came upon this decision...

Scott--

Wondering if the difficulty with grinding ST on a 5-5 was due to the way the clip was forged for those blade blanks?

Larry

Thank you Scott. Great to see your post. Hope your recovery is going well.