First knife of 2012

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First knife of 2012

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Finished up the sheath on this today, and it's shipping out first thing Monday:

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The handle is deer leg bone, with a bolster made of pewter and copper. The blade is differentially heat treated 1095.
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Looks sharp Kurt! (pun intended)

I am curious, what is your method for keeping the blade from cutting the stitching as it is drawn? I typically glue another peice of leather in there to get between the blade and the stitches.
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That bone handle is downright primeval. What in heck did you kill to get it ?
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Ocelot55 wrote:Looks sharp Kurt! (pun intended)

I am curious, what is your method for keeping the blade from cutting the stitching as it is drawn? I typically glue another peice of leather in there to get between the blade and the stitches.
Thanks! I generally do the same. I use a gusset of leather sandwiched between the two sides to protect the stitches. You can see it in this photo on top of the sheath and under the knife:
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Edward wrote:That bone handle is downright primeval. What in heck did you kill to get it ?
It started out as plain white leg bone from a smallish deer, but I dyed it with leather dye (all purpose stuff! :) ) before assembling everything. I actually bought a whole box of assorted deer leg bone several years ago. The price was too good pass up! It would definitely make a better story if it was from a deer I harvested though...
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I figured deer, but it looks too flat. Did you do some scraping and shaping to it ?
Let me know if you'd like some more. We have a boneyard that 4 different ranches use, lots of pigs, deer and Auodad sheep. May need some cleaning.....
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I'm diggin' that bolster, Kurt. 8)
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I don't know how I missed this post.

I have really been into neo-tribal knives lately, especially those that use materials that nobody ever thought of using before, like the deer leg bone.

Very cool.
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Edward wrote:I figured deer, but it looks too flat. Did you do some scraping and shaping to it ?
Let me know if you'd like some more. We have a boneyard that 4 different ranches use, lots of pigs, deer and Auodad sheep. May need some cleaning.....
Yeah, maybe! I can always use leg bone - they're the more dense of all the bones. I didn't actually do anything to this bone. No shaping, no grinding, nothing. All I did was dye it. I don't like to mess with the shape when I use natural materials like this. :thumbsup:
Alan L wrote:I'm diggin' that bolster, Kurt. 8)
Casting pewter is fun. And scary. And satisfying. I can just imagine how casting bronze would feel!
pierredekat wrote:I don't know how I missed this post.

I have really been into neo-tribal knives lately, especially those that use materials that nobody ever thought of using before, like the deer leg bone.

Very cool.
Thanks! Bone and horn/antler is probably my favorite handle material outside of Garolite. I just love it! I highly suggest using some in a project.
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absolutly beautiful. So, of I wanted one like this it would cost me....... :whisper:
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Deer legs? Dude seriously... I didn't know people even payed for that shit. My dog chewed through probably five deer carcasses this winter alone. We kill TONS of deer in this neck of the woods(Montana).
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Very cool.
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