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Glad you liked the pic. Love my smooth red bone baby hubie too!

Hey Davec, I share your love for the Hubertus Safari Club! It was a hard one for me to get ahold of, but I finially lucked out and landed this perfect one last year on BA for around $175. Check out that stag! Good luck on your quest, I'm sure you'll get your's soon too. It'll be worth the wait, I pr...

Nope, still gonna pass on this one. Looked around some more and found these 2 pics (see links) which clearly displays a pretty badly gapped rear swing guard, just like far too many italians have! There's a pretty good sized gap there, 2000 clicks or so and it'd be a maracus :cry: http://static.zoovy...

Thanks for the input guys! Guess I will pass and go with Piranha's new mini-bodyguard model instead. No matter how well the knife is made, if the guards rattle it presents itself as junky. Will there ever be a perfect swing guard? One that will have rock solid, flush guards for life? I thought Dalto...

I love swing guards, and have a couple Hubertus Guardians & several Italian examples. They're all great, but I would never use them for an every day carry, too many moving parts. After a week or so of daily use the guards would start to rattle...I hate that! But they are gorgeous, whimsical things s...

mr_edge, I'm with you on fussiness, and have had many dealers frustrated with me. Some of the stuff these italians, germans, and salesman consider sellable product is rediculous. But, when you get a really good one it's all the more exciting. That is a nice custom. Not sure if I like those chunky sc...

I really like the top right one. It looks like the stag is shaved away for the lever to rest deeper into the handle when switching. I love a low-riding lever. Did you do that?