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Back on June 16th I got the Chitlangi Bowie of the blem DOD. It got here in typical Auntie delivery time, dont know how she gets them to us so fast. As with all, I did an overnight mineral oil bath on the handle. Once it came out there were some really cool colors that the horn was hiding, streaks of white and gray hues throughout the handle,it just needed rehydrating. And such little shrinkage that im not even going to file the tang.
I said I had a plan for it, and I wanted to do a snake inlay. I have a few skins that were sourced locally and tanned by me. We have lots of biting critters down here and as much as I love em, we cant have them in our yards by the kiddies. I made up a template and roughed her out. I should have taken some pics but plain forgot, blame it on the heat...... I have one pic ill post to tease ya with, until I get to the next step. She is ready for dye and final fit, going to dye it black. I have some family here this week, so not much work time but I will post more work along pics when im in the garage working. Sorry for being long winded but here is a pic. Hope ya like it so far.
I said I had a plan for it, and I wanted to do a snake inlay. I have a few skins that were sourced locally and tanned by me. We have lots of biting critters down here and as much as I love em, we cant have them in our yards by the kiddies. I made up a template and roughed her out. I should have taken some pics but plain forgot, blame it on the heat...... I have one pic ill post to tease ya with, until I get to the next step. She is ready for dye and final fit, going to dye it black. I have some family here this week, so not much work time but I will post more work along pics when im in the garage working. Sorry for being long winded but here is a pic. Hope ya like it so far.
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