A slip-joint with Armadillo Scales?. Why I never..

canineforge said:
I saw some armadillo scales floating around the Blade Show this year, but these are the first I have seen put to use. Those critters are taking Southern Missouri by storm. May have a new source of income out in the yard?? :)

- Joe
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Joe,
Happy hunt'n there, I don't know what the season or de bag limit there is.
Let me know how you do and how tuff one is to skin? :confused: :confused: :D
I picked these scales up there at Blade Show, very tough stuff.
Armadillo's are now in Kansas, see more and more here all the time.


Nice pictures there Anthony. :thumbup:
Enjoy the knife.:)

T.A.Davison
 
muskrat man said:
ok, that's it I gotta have my buddy down south find me a roadkill dillo. That is just too cool
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There is one at the end my street right now, but you better hurry because with 95 degree days he is gett'n kinda ripe if'n you know what I mean.:D
 
bigal2me said:
Ask sunnyd, I thought it kind had the feel of a basket ball? kind a cool. :cool:

TAD
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That's it!. A basketball. I have been mulling that one over all night and you had it the whole time.
It does have that same texture and feel to it.:thumbup:
 
Beautiful!!! With that greenhouse climate thing going on, maybe in a couple of years i'll be able to introduce armadillo's in Belgium, for our local knife makers to enjoy :)
 
muskrat man said:
ok, that's it I gotta have my buddy down south find me a roadkill dillo. That is just too cool
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Hey MM expect one in the mail box soon, the flies in the box will be an added bonus..:eek: :p

Sunburst


Beautiful!!! With that greenhouse climate thing going on, maybe in a couple of years i'll be able to introduce armadillo's in Belgium, for our local knife makers to enjoy
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Hey Zeppos, watch what you ask for, these things will turn a manicured yard or flower garden into a worm farm as they probe the ground looking for insects to eat. We have a problem with them at the moment where they burrow in the ground and with the current dry weather (greenhouse climate thing going on) the burrows are collapsing and causing some nice size holes in our area...It'll really beat your brains out when you go over them..:p

Take care,

Sunburst
 
Amos Iron Wolf said:
Hmmm. Mebbe I should be keeping an eye out in the yard for the next that comes around. Interesting looking knife. And built in armor to boot!

Did T.A. make dillo chili out of the rest of it?;)
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Here in the Ozarks, we call prepared armadillo 'opossum on the half-shell'. ;)

- Joe
 
sunburst said:
Hey Zeppos, watch what you ask for, these things will turn a manicured yard or flower garden into a worm farm as they probe the ground looking for insects to eat. We have a problem with them at the moment where they burrow in the ground and with the current dry weather (greenhouse climate thing going on) the burrows are collapsing and causing some nice size holes in our area...It'll really beat your brains out when you go over them..:p

Take care,

Sunburst
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Thanks for the warning Sunburst, that's pretty annoying indeed. I'll stick to airmailed roadkill then :)

btw, to be honest i'm not such a fan of moving animals to new habitats, let alone new continents. Examples of disastrous results are plenty. Think about Australia and rabbits, Europe and the colorado beetle, ...
Even in Belgium an exotic species invasion problem emerged recently: some time ago people imported the North American Bullfrog to Belgium, because thought the big tadpoles would look nice in garden ponds. When they started eating native species, instead of killing and eating them the owners set them free. And now there's already many many thousands of them wreaking havoc in some parts of Belgium...
 
Sonnyd, that's a great looking and very nearly unique knife you have there. I see a lot of armadillo scales on the roads every time I go somewhere around here, but I've never seen them on a knife handle. I've heard of people making sausage out of armadillo, but I don't think they are worth a damn for anything else, except rooting up your lawn and garden all night long like little pigs as they search for bugs and worms to munch on. They don't see very well so you can sneak up on them sometimes, and when the little buggers get startled they jump straight up in the air about two feet. That's why when drivers try to straddle them on the road it doesn't usually turn out well. :D
 
canineforge said:
Here in the Ozarks, we call prepared armadillo 'opossum on the half-shell'. ;)

- Joe
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Hey there Joe,

I know what you mean.. While on a hunt with 4 of us in the airboat in or near about 1970 or 1971.. A galfriend of our buddy, a local good-ole-boy, fixed the lot of us Army-on-the-half-shell with lots of butter and garlic, Collard Greens and "Everglades Seasoning", black-eyed peas and home made wine to wash it all down. I remember we were all starving and none of us had not eaten solid food in about 2-3 days straight. The only real nourishment we had was Coors in the can from the hops & barley and Spicy Pork Rhine's..

Boy, I wanna tell you what!. That was one of the best dab-burn meals any of us ever had and we hugged and thanked that skinny little gal in multitude out of pure gratitude and respect for here cooking skills..:thumbup: :cool:
 
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