Armadillo???

tntbegg

tntbegg

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Anyone have any good quality armadillo they are willing to part with.....or know where I can get my hands on some?? I think Ken Onion bought up every bit at Blade...............
 
Somehow using the term "quality" when describing possum-on-the-half-shell seems a bit odd;):D
 
How do you judge the quality of an armadillo? Does it need to be fresh or taxidermied? I have one on my mantle I got for 5 bucks at a garage sale but my chicken would hate me if I got rid of him.:D Look up "taxidermy armadillo" or armadillo skin on ebay, I don't know if it's good for knives or if you need special armadillo stuff but they have 'em.
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OK, now that's just wrong.

The armadillo I can see, but why on earth anyone would want to glorify chickens enough to mount one...
 
hevy ev's said:
no they move around way to much goats are much more stupid and stand still
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:rolleyes: Yup! Didn't see that one comin'.... ;) and now we move on to 1001 things you can do with velchro that vice grips won't work for.....

Rob!
 
I bought a couple of scales. I have one set mounted up on some G10 and haven't quite figured out what to do with the second set yet. Not sure I want to sell what I have but if you get in a bind let me know. I know I got a business card from the guy that was selling it there. If you need his info let me know.

SDS
 
I swear you fellas can turn ANYTHING into something that makes me blush!!!!!!!

SDS...info would be great! Todd called Ken and he can't find the business card....still hasn't unpacked form Blade!

Tanya
 
Ask and ye shall receive.............

The business card doesn't have an address but if I remember right he was from Florida.

The card reads:

D. Batten
Handmade Knives

Dewayne Batten
(904) 765-0663
cell 302-3308

Hope that helps. They were kind of expensive but I bought some to play with. If you have any pics of them used on a knife can you post them up? I'd love to see how they have been used.

Thanks,
SDS
 
Thansk and here YOU go!

The first three are of course Ken Onion, and the last is from Mike Draper.
 

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I saw one out on US90 this afternoon. I didn't see it again when we came back. Maybe it got to be part of a recipe...
 
dang it Howie!! would you mind doing a road kill patrol for me??? pretty please??

Tanya
 
Just when I start to feeling like I'm making progress on my knives I see pictures like those and then I went to the Begg knives website........you guys sure make it hard for a guy starting out to feel good about his stuff ya know.

SDS

By the way, really nice knives on that site......
 
I like mine better. Its a Louisiana armadillo! Thats it on the right. Its got that bright yeller look. I think these scales came from somewhere close to the backside. Sorry but this is the only pic I have :D
 

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They're easy to get here in S. Texas. You just go walking through the woods (mesquites) and you'll hear them grubbing for insects. When they see you, they're so startled that they'll charge you, and about 6 feet out, they'll roll up into a bowling sized ball, and try to hit you and knock you down. Of course all you have to do is step aside (the stupid things can't see worth a darn, really!) and as he or she rolls past you, simply pick it up, and into your gunny sack. Cleaning the varmints is the bad part, however it's used a lot in the chile cookoffs. Ummmm, Armadillo chile!
Ok, ok, personally, I'd rather buy pre-done scales, and leave all the "field dressing" to the armadillo hunters. You can spot those guys easy because they're the one's that have cars and trucks all bashed in for about the first 2 feet or so (some of those things can jump at the last minute)!
 
what can you use for spacer material to make it a little thicker and what kind of glue to stick it
together, if you find one thats been laying around for a few days you can poke it into a bucket and throw it out next to an old abandond house and in about two weeks the mice and rats will have it cleaned out
 
Well I haven't used the stuff I got yet so I'm obviously no expert but I was told it was stabilized and I just used epoxy to apply it to the top of some G10. I haven't tried making folders yet and plan to use this on a fixed blade. I figure I won't be able to contour the corners/sides as much as I would on a solid handle slab but I'm hoping it turns out at the very least intersesting.

SDS
 
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