Second Annual TradGang Knife Swap!! - Emails are all out!!!

[MYSTIKBOW]

Damn Lee, Thats a sweet lookin knife.   It wont be long now guys. I should have finished pics of the knives I'm swaping up this weekend.
YEEEEHAAAAW

[Hooked]

I'm with you fellas...I would be embarrassed to show my knives after seeing some that have been made!  We all gotta start somewhere, I guess!

[swp]

I'm thinking someone is going to feel shortchanged when they get mine. Some really NICE knives on here.

[LeeNY]

Thanks everyone, each one I put together seems to get better. Those Helle blades are Super Glue sharp too!      

[MYSTIKBOW]

Not to worry guys. Every knife in this swap is exceptional. Each one is made and or put together in some form or fasion by your fellow Trad Ganger and will be prized by all who receive them.
 

[SKYLER W]

Here's my Swap knife...It's scary sharp and we thought it turned out good...Trying to get one more made in time...and we'll get a sheath made for this one..Hope who ever gets it is happy....Skyler

[OconeeDan]

How about another updated list?  The drawing is very near!
All of the knives I have seen so far are great.  Lots of life in them.
Dan

[Jeremy]

I'll get an updated list up in a bit.  Trying to go through all the new emails and PMs... for some reason I stopped getting emails when I get PMs, and that's leading to some 'lost' info.  I think I'm up to over 200 messages of one kind or another, many updating addresses, number of knives and such.  I'm sure I'll mess a few of 'em up!  :D

[MYSTIKBOW]

Ok gents, I have my swap knives with sheaths done. Here they are. Hope they are worthy of some of the fine steel knives that are gonna be swapped here.
 First photo shows the knives naked. Top blade is obsidian with a touch of mahoghany, 2nd blade is Mahoghany obsidian,3rd blade is called silver sheen obsidian.
     

The knives are dressed in: from top to bottom
Bison leather belt sheath with white and black glass beads for trim.
The sheaths on the left and right are brain tanned deer hide neck sheaths. Both are trimmed with Oneida Indian Nation glass, cats eye beads.
   

[owlbait]

WOW! How sharp are those obsidian blades? Are they for show or use? Fragile? I obviously know nothing about them other then i like how they look      

[OconeeDan]

Very nice knives Mystic!

[LeeNY]

John,
Those are super, The person that receives one of those is receiving a true work of ART!      

[MYSTIKBOW]

owlbait,
 They are fairly sharp. Obsidian is among some of the sharpest volcanic glass to be found. I made these from preformed slabs. My knapping technique
and skills are not any where near most knappers. I have a long way to go.
So these knives would be better suited for use as a patch type knife or yeah, Show.

[ber643]

Didn't get back for a while but thanks for the answers on the sheath a few pages back, guys, You're the best!

[Jeremy]

OK, here's a list of sorts:

Hooked   2
owlbait   1
sticshooter   3
ber643   1
brettlandon   3
BullMtnArtworks   2
GMASIUK   1
ishiwannabe   1
horatio1226   2
Jeff Fortner   1
skullworks   3
mullet   2
ArcticArcher   3
Bobby Urban   2
Dallas   1
Caveman IL   3
Mechslasher   2
el oso   1
STOBBER   3
maddawgd   2
drewsbow   3
swp   2
imskippy   1
Rooster1   3
Ray Hammond   1
MYSTIKBOW   3
Doug Campbell   1
leon   1
elk ninja   2
dave hiltz   1
dorris   1
loyd   1
Keith Owen   1
ALW   1
Jeremy   1
SKYLER W   1
the real bowdoc*   1
Holm-Made*   1
OconeeDan*   1
   
Izzy and Jeff, please drop me an email... I can't seem to find the original and I just want to make sure
   
Jsthnt*   2
herkimerhunter   2
   
A few guys I haven't heard anything specific from:   
Whip   
Carbon Caster   
Ru   
Marvin M.   
atlatlzoom   
robtattoo   
Lewis Brookshire III   
tippit   
4runr   
   
KHALVERSON, I know I saw 3 in a post of yours fro the swap, but could you email me with your address to confirm?

That's at least 73 knives!!!!  If there's a "*" by your name I don't have/can't find your address.  If I haven't heard from ya just drop me a line and let me know if you're still in.

[email protected]

It's coming down to the wire, but my blade is coming along, though not what I had intended... it's a good case for keeping the steel at the proper temperature while forging thin steel... "I can get one more blow in!" - SNAP!

[elk ninja]

Fellas,
Remember to post pics of knives you recieve, we all like to see everything.  At least I would.
Mike

[ishiwannabe]

Im still in Jeremy....been real busy with work, fatherhood, and then I snapped a smoke obsidian blade while finishing the edge on it. I have it all set and ready to go, so I will be working on it the nest few days.

[Jeremy]

I'm in the same boat as you Jamie!  Lots to do and little shop time.

I hot-cut, drew out and forged a nice decorative guard on the blade I was making, then bent it down and out of the way to do the bevels.  I went to turn it back up into place and get everything ready for the heat treat and let the real thin steel cool off too much before tapping it with the hammer... SNAP!  Completely changed what I was planning on doing!

[MYSTIKBOW]

I have to make a correction on the blades I posted. I should pay more attention to what the heck I posted I guess. The only blade I knapped from a preform slab was the Mahogany Obsidian.
 The other two blades I purchased from a couple of knappers I know.

[B M A]

Here are the 2 I did for the swap.  Both of these, the blades I aquired on a swap with Sticshooter.  I put the handles on and made the sheaths.  Sorry for the fuzzy pic. Brock