INFO: Trad Archery for Bowhunters



« previous next »
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: Mammoth Tooth Knife  (Read 2278 times)

Offline Mechslasher

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 470
Mammoth Tooth Knife
« on: February 27, 2008, 08:05:00 PM »
here's one i just finished.  saw a knife with mammoth tooth scales and i had to give them a try.  forgot that dentine in teeth was the second hardest natural material and also one of the most brittle.  this stuff is not for the beginner.  it would light up on the inside as i was grinding it on my belt sander.  the blade is seki city damascus from japan.  enjoy!
 
 
 
Logged
"There is beauty and magic in a drawn bow."

Cade (SC)

Offline drewsbow

  • TGMM Member
  • Trad Bowhunter
  • ***
  • Posts: 5902
Re: Mammoth Tooth Knife
« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2008, 08:07:00 PM »
WOW , that is awesome , love the file work :0)
Logged
Try to be the person your dog thinks you are :0)
TGMM Family of the Bow
N.Y. Bowhunters member
BigJim 3 pc buffalo 48@28
BigJim thunderchild 55@31
BigJim thunderchild 55@32 Jim's bow

Offline varmint

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 678
Re: Mammoth Tooth Knife
« Reply #2 on: February 27, 2008, 08:21:00 PM »
Beautiful!!!
Logged
Bowhunting......A way of life and death.

Offline KHALVERSON

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 846
Re: Mammoth Tooth Knife
« Reply #3 on: February 27, 2008, 08:22:00 PM »
that thar is a keeper
excellent
Logged

Offline Bodork

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 1592
Re: Mammoth Tooth Knife
« Reply #4 on: February 27, 2008, 08:25:00 PM »
That's just beautiful! WOW!
Logged

Offline T.J.

  • TGMM Member
  • Trad Bowhunter
  • ***
  • Posts: 1068
Re: Mammoth Tooth Knife
« Reply #5 on: February 27, 2008, 09:01:00 PM »
Just plain OUTSTANDING!!!!! I really really love it
Logged
"...Watching a buck turn back seeing his form melt away, a hunter will feel an inner smile. There's no other place he wishes to be and never does he feel more alive..."

~Gene Wensel (Primal Dreams)


TGMM Family of the Bow

Offline sticshooter

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 4210
Re: Mammoth Tooth Knife
« Reply #6 on: February 27, 2008, 09:11:00 PM »
YOWZERS!!!! Awesome.<><
Logged
The Church of God is an anvil that has worn out many hammers.

"Walk softly..and carry a sharp   Stic."
TGMM

Offline Doug Campbell

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 2608
Re: Mammoth Tooth Knife
« Reply #7 on: February 27, 2008, 09:35:00 PM »
Nice Chris, been working with that stuff for several years and your right it'll try ya   ;)
Logged
Life is wonderful in Montana!!
"BEING CHALLENGED IN LIFE IS INEVITABLE. BEING DEFEATED IS OPTIONAL."
ABS Journeyman Knifesmith

Offline 4runr

  • TG HALL OF FAME
  • Trad Bowhunter
  • *****
  • Posts: 6799
Re: Mammoth Tooth Knife
« Reply #8 on: February 27, 2008, 10:02:00 PM »
Very nice!!
Logged
Kenny

Christ died to save me, this I read
and in my heart I find a need
of Him to be my Savior
          By Aaron Shuste

TGMM Family of the Bow

Offline Mechslasher

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 470
Re: Mammoth Tooth Knife
« Reply #9 on: February 27, 2008, 10:02:00 PM »
thanx guys!  doug that neck/caper combo in mammoth tooth is wild.  gonna have to try a set like that.  here's a little better pic of the grip.
 
Logged
"There is beauty and magic in a drawn bow."

Cade (SC)

Offline Toecutter

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 866
Re: Mammoth Tooth Knife
« Reply #10 on: February 27, 2008, 10:10:00 PM »
Absolutely beautiful.  I would have loved that 8 mos ago but now I truly have an appreciation for how nice a job that is.  I'm currently working on a few of my own damascus blades and some stock removals,  It is truly a labor of love.  You've done some work that will make your great grandkids proud.  Any ideas on a sheath?? I'd love to see that as well.
Nathan
Logged
"To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life." RLS

Offline OconeeDan

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 1685
Re: Mammoth Tooth Knife
« Reply #11 on: February 27, 2008, 10:48:00 PM »
Nice knife!  Glad you followed up with pics of the handle, I was going to ask you about the pins.
Dan
Logged

Offline el oso

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 383
Re: Mammoth Tooth Knife
« Reply #12 on: February 27, 2008, 10:51:00 PM »
Man, that's beautiful!
Logged
short fat bald and broke is no way to go through life

Offline brettlandon

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 442
Re: Mammoth Tooth Knife
« Reply #13 on: February 27, 2008, 10:54:00 PM »
That, my friend, is a keeper!  Thanks for posting the pictures!

-Brett
Logged
Excellence is achieved, not purchased.

Offline skullworks

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 2012
Re: Mammoth Tooth Knife
« Reply #14 on: February 28, 2008, 06:52:00 AM »
Beautiful knife! Love the mammoth tooth! I had wondered how hard it was to work with. I have acouple of those blades...they are awesome! great job once again!
Logged
'cuz deer huntin' ain't catch & release!

Offline ber643

  • TGMM Member
  • Trad Bowhunter
  • ***
  • Posts: 9205
Re: Mammoth Tooth Knife
« Reply #15 on: February 28, 2008, 07:34:00 AM »
Handsome - some handsome!
Logged
Bernie: "Hunters Are People Too"

Ret'd USMC '53-'72

Traditional Bow Shooters of West Virginia (Previously the Official Dinosaur Wrangler, Supporter, and Lifetime Honorary Member)
TGMM Family of the Bow

Offline Mr Vic at the cabin

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 181
Re: Mammoth Tooth Knife
« Reply #16 on: February 28, 2008, 12:42:00 PM »
WOW    :eek:
Logged
"If i could help just ONE person on the good path and see things they did not understand i would feel that i have accomplished something worthy in my life."  Ken Mowery (Adkmountainman)

Offline madness522

  • TGMM Member
  • Trad Bowhunter
  • ***
  • Posts: 1743
Re: Mammoth Tooth Knife
« Reply #17 on: February 28, 2008, 01:27:00 PM »
I two word for that knife beau tiful!!!
Logged
Barry Clodfelter
TGMM Family of the Bow.

Offline horatio1226

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 1607
Re: Mammoth Tooth Knife
« Reply #18 on: March 01, 2008, 06:54:00 AM »
Wow! That knife is stunning!!! How did you get the mammoth to hold still for the extraction? Almost seems like you would have to steal one from a museum. The resourcefulness around here is mind boggling.
Brian
Logged
"So long as the moon returns to the heavens in a bent, beautiful arc, so long will the fascination with archery in man lasts."
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »

Users currently browsing this topic:

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.
 

Contact Us | Trad Gang.com © | User Agreement

Copyright 2003 thru 2024 ~ Trad Gang.com ©