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Curly Maple Skinner
« on: March 13, 2020, 02:24:23 PM »
With the coronavirus scare, I seem to be hunkered down in my blacksmithing shop more and more. Curly Maple handled Skinning knife with filed top edge of the blade...OAL 8 1/2 inches and a 4 1/4 blade...tippit




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Offline Tom M

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Re: Curly Maple Skinner
« Reply #1 on: March 13, 2020, 10:20:20 PM »
I really like that.! Beautiful work as usual!
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Re: Curly Maple Skinner
« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2020, 01:59:26 PM »
Here's a little better view of the Curly Maple with a slightly texturized finish and 10 coats of TruOil...
« Last Edit: March 15, 2020, 12:14:28 AM by tippit »
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Re: Curly Maple Skinner
« Reply #3 on: March 15, 2020, 11:00:18 AM »
Beautifull !!
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Re: Curly Maple Skinner
« Reply #4 on: March 18, 2020, 04:56:16 PM »
Impressive!!!
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Re: Curly Maple Skinner
« Reply #5 on: March 22, 2020, 11:07:22 AM »
 :clapper: :clapper: :bigsmyl: very nice
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Re: Curly Maple Skinner
« Reply #6 on: March 25, 2020, 07:29:16 AM »
Beautiful work Jeff!
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Re: Curly Maple Skinner
« Reply #7 on: March 26, 2020, 03:06:37 PM »
That looks like a skinning machine! Really nice knife!
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Re: Curly Maple Skinner
« Reply #8 on: March 26, 2020, 05:30:32 PM »
That looks like it would work well in the kitchen as well...... :thumbsup:
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Re: Curly Maple Skinner
« Reply #9 on: March 26, 2020, 07:04:09 PM »
Ron, I think you are right. I give it a try :)
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Re: Curly Maple Skinner
« Reply #10 on: March 31, 2020, 08:44:25 PM »
Man Jeff, you got serious with the checkering file on the spine.  The curly maple just looks right on that one.
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Re: Curly Maple Skinner
« Reply #11 on: March 31, 2020, 11:56:53 PM »
That’s fantastic. 
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Re: Curly Maple Skinner
« Reply #12 on: April 29, 2020, 12:29:24 PM »
Quality work Jeff.   :thumbsup:
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Re: Curly Maple Skinner
« Reply #13 on: April 30, 2020, 09:05:49 AM »
Thats a beautiful blade. It takes alot of patience to put 10 coats of tru-oil on thats for sure, great work!
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