old hickory nessmuck

[windwalker_au]

did this on saterday it's a 6" old hickory skinner
did it with files,the sheath was done by my 11 yearold nephew with me showing him what to do,he did a great job for a first time,will fit better scales latter.
bernie :thumbsup:

 

[fatboy]

That looks pretty good and your nephew did a good job with the sheath

 

[ameling]

Nice knife and great sheath!

Backwoodsman Magazine did an article on doing this modification of a classic "skinner" pattern knife in an article around a year ago. The goal was to replicate that early 1900's pattern/shape knife that Nessmuck designed for his own use up in the Michigan forests.

Mikey - that grumpy ol' German blacksmith out in the Hinterlands

 

[rkmeyer]

Nice job and a team effort as well, that's hard to beat! :hatsoff:
Dusty :wink:

 

[kansas_volunteer]

Very nice looking knife. I have the Old Hickory skinner to make one of my own. I think I'll steal some ideas from you. Here are a couple of sites with instructions.
http://gbrannon.bizhat.com/skinner.htm
http://gbrannon.bizhat.com/oupa_skinner.htm