I have had several, early to late, but have only one, now,

by former hater of plastic, Sunday, January 14, 2018, 19:56 (2442 days ago) @ Jhenry

This one is an earlier/later one, just after the change to laminated rosewood rather than solid scales of same, when they still shaped the handle nicely. Still has the thin flatback drop loop sheath, and was just giving the leather some overdue TLC today.

Am going to have Harry Savage make me up a frog stud sheath for carry, Harry still pulls all his linen thread stitches by hand, heavy welts, heavy oil tanned leather of almost zero reaction to brass.

As for the guard, given how many times I have bruised or scraped knuckles when using a large knife for heavier chores, there are no plans except to work around a guard which actually protects the hand. There are many cheap sub-$50 modern copies to hack upon, to see what changes might be tried, before altering the original, is my first thought.

It is not the knife for prying open latched ammo cans, but is a fine fine knife for chopping/short machete, and using as an actual knife, a feat most later large knives cannot do. I would be afraid of doing anything to reduce mass which powers the thin convex edged blade.