Knives

[JamesG]

They for a cowboy friend but a person could carry them in time, If the black liner knife brake the rules i be more then glad to remove the pic.


the handle is deer crown with black spacer material, piece scrap wood. black spacer. leather then black spacer.The blade W1 tool steel edge quanched in warm oil.

Next is skinner for him since i took so long to get the other blade to him and he has some more antler for me. This one i started out with 1080 forged the blade first aiming for the 3 in mark cutting edge, There file work choil are for you can chock up on the blade. The guard and butt cap is mild steel. The finger guard I blue with gun blue. Then heated it up and coated it with wd-40 to make it darker. Then a coat of paste wax. Let it cool and polish with a cloth. the antler of a piece of elk antle tin that was a cream color. So i have some home made walnut stain . I let the antler soak in for about a week. Then take a propane touch heat the antler and sumberge back in the dye.twice then it dry over night. Blade it a peened of tang. and the finish on the antler is tru oil.It also has a file work thumb pad on the spine.

 

[lonehunter]

Nice work James.
The Elk tine one sure is a looker! :v

 

[chance]

They look Awsome!!

 

[50cal.cliff]

James those turned out awesome. I actually prefer the one on the left. I like what you did with the stain! I will have to remember that trick. :thumbsup:

 

[hoochiepapa]

I like them both!!

 

[rabjr]

Both are nice! But I really really like that skinner. :thumbsup:

 

[wattlebuster]

I like em both :thumbsup: :hatsoff:

 

[longshot one]

Really nice work James! :thumbsup:

 

[JamesG]

Thanks all for the nice words. The trick is to heat the antler up and toast it at the same time then back into the walnut dye.

 

Good looking knives, always loved antler. :thumbsup:

 

[Chilidog]

Cool, very nice. :hatsoff:

 

[JamesG]

Thanks all for the nice words.