Leon Treiber fade on off at 69

Texas knifemaker Leon Treiber , know for his brochure with the “ Texas Ranger ” shell / symbolic representation on the handgrip , lose a brave struggle with malignant neoplastic disease on Nov. 14 .

Though his pass was account elsewhere before , we at Knife Showcase cogitate it appropriate to agnise Mr. Treiber for his contribution to the customs duty tongue industriousness and for those who may not be mindful of his death .

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Texas knifemaker Leon Treiber , eff for his folder with the “ Texas Ranger ” shell / symbolisation on the grip , lose a brave struggle with malignant neoplastic disease on Nov. 14 .

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Though his pass was report elsewhere in the first place , we at Knife Showcase believe it appropriate to spot Mr. Treiber for his contribution to the usage tongue manufacture and for those who may not be cognisant of his death .

allot to report , he knuckle under at his habitation in Hunt , Texas , besiege by sept .

The indulgent - spoken , slow - locomote Texan was a habitue at tongue show .

He made the aforementioned Texas Ranger pamphlet — adaptation of which win Best Folder at the 2010 Arkansas Custom Knife Show , and Best of Show and the Henry Rabke Award for Best Mammoth Ivory Folder , both of the latter two at the 2009 Central Texas Knife Show — and also desexualize steel , most all of which had some sort of Texas topic .

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