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Joined SASS in 1993
Favorite Category is
49er & Cowboy
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Pistols
3rd. Generation .45 Cal. Colts
with 5 1/2" barrels
Rifle
.45 Cal. Marlin Cowboy rifle
Shotgun
20ga. LC Smith side-by-side
hammer gun |
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Reason Behind the Alias:
Originally, my SASS alias
was "Back Trail Boone". 7 years ago I changed it to Bear Bone Smith since
I was making custom Bowie knives under the trade name Bear Bone Knives.
Hey, I had to gain some kind of marketing edge (pun fully intended).History of the
Persona:
According to an old journal
dated 1886, the original "Bear Bone Smith" was a Blacksmith from Iowa who
went west to become a Farrier on a cattle ranch. He learned cowboying and
shooting during the range wars. Later, he became town Marshal of Ada,
Oklahoma where he killed a crooked gambler who's brother was the Mayor.
Out of a job, he hired on as a scout for the U.S. Army under General Crook
during the Indian Campaigns. He got his name when he killed a large
Grizzly bear which he skinned and de-boned with a knife he had made from
an old horse rasp.
Other Hobbies:
Horse riding, hunting,
fishing and blacksmithing.
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