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Title: Gotta make one for yourself every now and then....
Post by: KSCATTRAPR on December 14, 2015, 10:57:00 AM
I finished this one up for myself in between a few other projects I have going on. Knife steel is 1095 and the handle is stag with red liners (forgot to take a top view pic). The overall length is close to 7.5". Its a simple knife design, nothing fancy but it serves it's purpose and thats what I was going for. I got to test it out on a doe not long after finishing it up and it retained it's edge very well throughout the gutting, skinning, and butchering process. I have my 2 week Christmas break coming up and plan to finish some more, a couple for some friends and a few for myself.

 (http://i.imgur.com/hiVElPe.jpg)

 (http://i.imgur.com/ScFGtez.jpg)

 (http://i.imgur.com/6j6jN9B.jpg)
Title: Re: Gotta make one for yourself every now and then....
Post by: Bladepeek on December 14, 2015, 12:05:00 PM
So there still nice pieces of stag available. I haven't been to a knife show in a while, but the last ones I went to, something like that was really rare.

That finish on the blade really looks nice too.
Title: Re: Gotta make one for yourself every now and then....
Post by: KSCATTRAPR on December 14, 2015, 02:30:00 PM
Ron, I got that piece from a knife show in KC this last September. There was quite a bit there but the prices have gone up lately it seems. I wish I would have bought more of it when I was there.
Title: Re: Gotta make one for yourself every now and then....
Post by: guspup on December 15, 2015, 08:19:00 PM
Nice looking knife
Title: Re: Gotta make one for yourself every now and then....
Post by: Steve Nuckels on December 15, 2015, 10:00:00 PM
I like it!   Well done!

Merry Christmas

Steve
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Potomac Forge
Member, W.F. Moran Foundation
ABS Apprentice Smith
Title: Re: Gotta make one for yourself every now and then....
Post by: just_a_hunter on December 17, 2015, 07:05:00 PM
Very nice. I bet it made a short job of the wet work on that deer.

Todd