corn cob skinner

Jarrett Fleming

Jarrett Fleming

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Hey guys,
I have another skinner available today, but this one is unique. I found a new (to me) handle material and decided to try it out. It is stabilized corn cob and I think it turned out great! Let me know what you guys think.
Here are some specs:
CPM154 steel 1/8" thick
Hollow ground
Satin grinds and mill scale flats
Stabilized corn cob handles with black liners
OAL: 7" Edge: 3"
The knife will come in a leather sheath made by Scott Davidson
Price: SOLD
Price includes shipping and paypal fees. My paypal is jsfleming15@yahoo.com



Thanks for looking!
Jarrett
 
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Jarrett,
That corn cob handle is very interesting. Almost looks reptilian in nature.
Did you do the stabilization yourself?
 
Hey Rhinoknives1,
I did not do the stabilization myself. I bought the cob from a supplier and spilt it into scales to put them on the knife.
 
I have never seen stabilized corn cob either, and I agree it looks like snake skin to my eyes. Nice work :thumbup:
 
This thing is amazing looking. From the grinds to the scales. Really unique and useful looking.

Nicely done!
Drew
 
wow thats really cool i bet it looks a lot more glossy in person. I bet there is a lot of different things you could do with all the different colored corn. i've seen pine cone scales on here before those are very cool too
 
I saw a stabilized pine cone handle recently too.

So once a material is "stabilized" is it pretty much "bomb proof"???
 
Wow that is a cool looking knife. Wish I knew the posted price as I'm entertaining that cob on a knife idea for my farmer brother in law.
 
DREW78 said:
I saw a stabilized pine cone handle recently too.

So once a material is "stabilized" is it pretty much "bomb proof"???
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Drew,
The term stabilization gets thrown around alot.
There are a few different kinds of acrylic that are used and I personally only use stabilized woods or send my woods to It's a burl, WSSI, Faron Moore, K & G & the folks that do those Pine cones etc. Exotron or something like that? I am on a ipad and can't look it up right now but they do great work.

To really awnser your question. Stabilzation makes woods, Bone, Horn & plant materials less likely to shrink, warp or crack providing it's professionally done. Bomb proof? Not really. But its a big improvement and you can use stuff like Corn Cobs, Cal Buckeye wood and red flame Ash wood etc that would normally be to soft and punky to use for a knife handle and Maple, Koa and many others will benefit from it.

These days there are folks with a old pressure cooker a aquarium pump and a can of miniwax wood hardener that call themselves professional stabilizers and that just isn't true.

So, chose wisely
 
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