Finished Nessie from Old Hickory, and pics

[Fiddleback]

Hey Jake, I can't wait to see your rig bro. Get'r done.

 

[45-70]

Absolutley Outstanding work !

 

[Fiddleback]

Well shank yu berry much. Its going to get carried for a while I think. I'd given away all my knives. Now I'll be holding onto this one.

 

[Novadak]

Wow, that's gorgeous. I love the weird blade shape, the new handles, and the beautiful sheath. Nice work!!! :thumbup:

 

[Fiddleback]

Thanks Nova. Muchapreciated bro.

 

[45-70]

I don't know what the shipping would cost, but I just ran across this:

http://www.knivesplus.com/OLD-HICKORY-KNIVES.HTML knivesplus has the Old Hickory skinner for $6.97

 

[Bladite]

Thanks Jake, and no probs on the specs.

A word of caution when sanding downt he handle. The pins are NOT solid. They've got a head maybe 0.2" dia that is joined to a pin that is smaller. Be careful when you're sanding it down, or you'll sand through the head.

A picture is worth a thousand words they say.

ah, you reused the old pins? mmm...

what's the standard trick of keeping the slabs on with what appear to be just rod stock? mmm...

i was thinking of finishing the inner handle wood first, so it has stability... but i gather some people use glue or filler (like laha stuffs)... mmm.

good work! i like it.

bladite

 

[Steely_Gunz]

I don't know what the shipping would cost, but I just ran across this:

http://www.knivesplus.com/OLD-HICKORY-KNIVES.HTML knivesplus has the Old Hickory skinner for $6.97

Knives Plus is a great outfit. I have ordered stuff from them 5 or 6 times. Pretty quick to deliver Shipping, i believe, is around 8 bucks for the first pound of stuff (at least it was to have it shipped here). I have ordered a lot of old hickory stuff from them. Don't expect it to come sharpened like it does from Ragnar. However, for most of us, this is no problem. I have an 8" and 14" butcher knife, a 5" boning knife, a 4" utility knife, 2 3" utility knives, and an 8" (?) Cook's knife from them. I have another small box of goodies on the way from them. It should be here any day now

Jake

 

[Yvsa]

Where has Yvsa been? Yvsa you OK?

Thanks for asking Andy.:thumbup: I've just been busy with several other things going on. Still losing weight and now we've been going to workout four times a week instead of three.
Had a little bout with low B/P a week ago, down to 60/44 and a pulse of 50, after a med adjustment from my heart Dr. I was feeling better than I had in ten years last Tuesday!!!!
And yesterday I logged in at 251.4 pounds on the scales!!!!
That's 47.6 pounds I've lost so far and I'm working on being 250 or less by this coming Thursday when our girl's come in from all parts of the country!!!!
One of our ndn adopted daughter's has taken too calling me "Ol' Scrawny Ass" but just wait until I hit the 175 mark sometime around next September or sooner!!!!:thumbup: :thumbup:

Oh yeah, damned nice job on the Nessie and the sheath, but I knew you could get r done.

 

[Fiddleback]

Glad to hear about your health Yvsa. And thanks on the knife. I've another to post today.

Bladite, I certainly didn't reuse those awful hollow pins. I used solid stock. Those original press fit things stank.

 

[Steely_Gunz]

Wonderful news, Yvsa! Your target is actually going to put you weighing less than I do

I too did a Nessie mod this weekend. I don't have any nice wood...or a bandsaw...or a drill press...or a clean enough work space to store such tools and material Sooooo, I just left the handle stock. It's not a bad thing though. The used cutlery fairy dropped off an old school Old Hickory skinner to my door. Just like the one's you find today, except it does not have the Ontario logo on it, and the handles feel much less...well, cheap. It was so nice, I almost kept it as it was. Almost I don't hunt, and thus don't skin. Also, I find that reason this particular blade found its way to me was because it was meant to be turned into something that I would use.

I *would* post pics, except the wife has "misplaced" the camera cable. Why it is ANYWHERE except sticking out of the front of the PC, I do not know. It's not like she's going to up load pics from where she takes them...anyway The specs and mods are: 5" ever so slightly pointier blade than Andy's fine work. The handle has been sanded, stained, and sealed. The pins feel much more robust than in the current OH offerings, so i just kept them as is. I have a sandwich style sheath cut, stamped, drilled and stained. I'm just waiting on some supplies from Tandy to finish 'er up. Now...the blasphemy. The reason why i left the blade a touch longer is to incorporate a 1" area by the handle that is actually serrated. *ducks the chairs and beer bottles thrown at his head* There is a REASON for the serrations After i got the knife shape and heft roughed out, I liked it so much that I wanted to make it a great EDC for my work at the office. 90% of what I have to cut is thick plastic bands that keep the cardboard from coming off the heavy product inside. It dulls my knives something fierce..soooo, I gave the blade 4 fully sharpened teeth to slip in under the straps. Quite by accident, the hump of the blade acts a fulcrum and snaps the blade right through such bands (tried it out opening up our new Christmas tree). This area is just long enough to do what I need it to do but keeps the plain edge close enough to my hand to do the ultra fine work (my main gripe with combo edges).

I feel pretty good about the mod I plan of getting a couple more of these and doing some experimentation. It really is a fun "starter" project for those that are a little nervous to try knife making. However, at less than 7 bucks a blade...what do you have to lose? At the very least, you'll probably end up with a usable knife that you don't like. At best, you'll end up with quite the little cutter and the confidence to tackle bigger projects

pics of my rather ugly work to follow as soon as my overly stressed wife remembers what she did with the cable

Jake

 

[Fiddleback]

Thats great Jake! I can't wait to see pics.