Blacksmith Made Antler Handle Buffalo Skinner

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Forged from a big file, started out as a Bowie and cracked in salt water quench so I cut it off at crack and forged this big Skinner.
9" overall - blade is 3 1/2" x 2"
I found the broken antler hanging in a fence during a fly fishing trip, if you
look closely there is a rust stain around it from the fence.
Bolster is poured Pewter from a cup.
Cedar knot on butt and a bead on the sheath from the same knot.
Sheath is rawhide over veg-tan, stitched with linen and a few leather thongs
Finished with homebrew dye, dirt, grease and varnish

$100.00 shipped Paypal or MO

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All hand work, no electricity
Thanks for looking.......Randy
 
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I really like the knife Randy - I have a good friend in Georgia that forges primitive style knives - One year I was back there & he was just finishing up a knife - I told him that it was but ugly - That i had never seen a knife that ugly before - well you know what came in the mail a few months later as a Christmas present - Yep - that ugly old knife - it's so ugly it's beautiful - I have worked hard to give my engraving style a primitive look - I catch heck from some of my fellow engravers but I’m happy with what I do - here's a pix of a very old Ruana, Bonners Ferry, Idaho - i engraved, it was forged from a Studabaker spring & the guard was model T pistons! Thats all the old man Ruana would use - I think you will enjoy the pix - tom
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This one needs to come with a jug of moonshine :D

Yikes! That a knife :thumbup:
 
Southern Manners Tom, by the way, send me one of those Big Hudson Bowies to examine closely, I promise I'll play nice and send it right back...maybe..........Randy
 
It went out in the mail this morning :)
Here's a pix i took a couple weeks ago when i finished up my new slingshot - take a gander at the knife - thats the Big Ugly my buddy sent me for Christmas - it's a beauty! Sure fit's the picture doesn't it -
enjoy - tom
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Only thing less than beautiful in that pic is the background, somebody buy this knife so I can go to bed, this is tough on old people.....Randy
 
We got 'letwicity in the house, generate it myself, got indoor toilet and all, don't use any at the Redbud Forge, it's out in the woods.....Randy
 
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