Perhaps like Don Hume, he took up leather work as a hobby while in the
service.
Do you have a photo of that Myres from 1940 catalog?
I went back and found John's (turnerrivers) 11-21-2010 post showing
his 1952 K-38 with a beautiful Myres hand carved Barton's Special
(with hammer protector) from Myres 1941 catalog. Is that the one
you refer to?
I have been hanging my hat on the comment made to me by
John (Bianchi) that Wally probably made the first hammer
protector aka "dog ear" flap. But he did qualify his statement
by going on to say it was the first "commercial success".
It appears now, as if the Barton Special might be first?
Now I need to know who was Barton?
Thanks, Phil
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