First knife photo

[Todd Robbins]

I've been lurking here for quite some time and post occasionally, but have never posted any pictures of my work because I've just been too lazy to figure out how.  Well, I decided to get over the laziness and get it done.  Here is a hunter I made for one of my wife's first cousins.  The blade was ground from an old Black Diamond file that belonged to their grandfather.  The handle is from a whitetail shed.  The guard is white bronze, and the pin is from a bronze brazing rod.  Now I've got to build a light box and learn how to take decent pictures!  Thanks for looking!

 

[snakewood3]

Nice , I really like the sculpting on the guard.

[kansas stik man]

knife is nice but that sheath your covering up looks great! i think leather work is over looked.  its tough to get a finished product like that. good work.

[GWV]

Nice work!

[Todd Robbins]

Thanks, guys! JD, the sheath turned out pretty good, but I struggle with leather working most of the time.  Got kind of lucky on that one.

[Steve Nuckels]

Todd, great looking knife and sheath!  

Have you considered dyeing the antler?  I think it improves the look of the antler, especially with that sheath!

Steve
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Potomac Forge

[gables]

Looks great. All elements look good. Excellent job on that guard.

[Todd Robbins]

Steve, I don't usually dye antler, although I agree that it might look better brown. I generally just leave it whatever color it is when I get it.  If I run across another bleached out shed, I might try my hand at dying it.I've read about other folks doing it with leather dye or potassium permangenate.