Couple Hunters Frontier Style with a touch of western

[Levi Graham]

Antler scales knife is just over 8" and has a decorative twist in the shape of a horse shoe
Black smith twist for blade stop
Copper moon textured bolster wrap

Weathered oak scales on other knife with black smith twist again for blade stop
Rawhide bolster wrap- Tapered tang - 7 7/8" OAL

Rawhide sheaths will be posted once they are finished

 

[Steve Nuckels]

Levi, you are a busy man! I like the decorative horse shoe twist and every other detail. You do very nice work!

How did you weather the Oak? I have some old oak barn sideing I want to use, if I use a wire wheel on my angle grinder would that "age" the wood?

Steve
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W.F. Moran Jr. Museum & Foundation

 

[Levi Graham]

Steve, I got that oak the way it was already. You can make it look aged by scraping it with anything that gouges it. I used to hit my wood handles with just a set of keys to mark them up. I got that from Don Bruton "White Wolf".. if the wood is a little weathered already and starting to show cracks a wire wheel actually works pretty good. Good luck and let me know if you come up with something else that works well. Take care

 

[Turtlecreekknives]

I love the horse shoe! Coming across the perfectly aged wood like is rare.