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Main Boards => Hunting Knives and Crafters => Topic started by: Sam Harper on December 13, 2019, 12:54:12 PM
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My nephew had been asking me to make him a knife with an antler handle, and he sent me some pictures of some Bowie knives so I'd know what he was talking about. This was a little out of my comfort zone. I usually do fully tang knives with scales. But this time I decided to try a through tang knife with a butt cap and a pommel nut. I saw some videos of people (Kyle Royer especially) making take-down knives by bedding the tang in epoxy, so I gave that a shot, too.
The only thing I couldn't do was make the pommel nut since I didn't have a lathe. I tried doing it with a drill and a belt sander, but I just couldn't make it work. But I found these bronze cap nuts on Amazon, and they look good and work just fine, so I used those.
I also wanted to use Birch Casey's Plumb Brown on the guard and butt cap. I couldn't get the browning to look even even after five rounds. I'm okay with the rustic look, though, and my nephew was pretty pleased with the knife.
Oh, I also had a really difficult time getting that Hamon line to look good. I tried all kinds of things and finally quit when I arrived at this.
What a frustrating knife this was! But it was still fun to make.
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Turned out really nice! I know your nephew is glad you stuck with it. Sometimes frustration can be a great teacher.
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I think it looks great. I don't much care for that color, either, but overall I'm very impressed. (Not that I'm a critic).
Murray
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Beautiful job!
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I think it is a great looking knife.
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Thats really neat, I'm sure he will love it!
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Well done :thumbsup:
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I like it. Just needs a rawhide sheath made from one of his harvests to top it all off.
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I borrowed my nephews knife recently to see if I could improve the polish on that Hamon and make it look better. Here's what I ended up with.
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Great looking knife!
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I love it! Great looking knife and well crafted. Lucky nephew!