a pair of sheep horn hunters

clint c

clint c

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Thanks to your input and assistance with a couple of posts last month, I completed these two critters for a hunting partner of mine. They turned out nicley. Due to only having 3" of horn per handle, I had to go with rear bolsters, which made them a tad handle heavy. I hollow ground the tang to reduce weight, and would have tapered them, but needed even that little extra thickness as the scales were quite thin. Thanks to L-6 Steel here on the forums for your "special" assistance in drilling holes in hardened steel.

Both are ATS-34 at RC60, 4" blade length, liquid nitrogen cycled, Bighorn Ewe horn, brass bolsters, red liners.

Clint Chisan
 

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Nice looking work,I really like the look of the horn handle
also very nice shaped blades.keep up the good work:)
 
Thanks for the comments, fellas. After these were done I got to thinking I should have cut the horn, then designed the knife around it instead of the other way around! I learn, but slowly!
 
Great looking knives. I think what you have done with the handles is
my personal choice. Bolsters front and back love it. To me it frames the material as a special feature.
 
Very Sexy Blades..I like that horn,The front and rear bolsters will help protect the horn also.
Keep up the great work.
Bruce
 
Yeah, those are sweet, what a lucky hunter! You sure he's gonna use them? :D I'd have to do a lot of show and tell before I was willing to risk them in the field. I like the rear bolsters too, personally. I hadn't considered that they'd lead to a heavy handle but I think that would be a small price to pay. There are worse things in the world! :) Keep up the good work, you should be very pleased with yourself!

Dave
 
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