Hi, I'm new! Showing a pic of my custom made knife/gun set!

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Hi all!

I'm a new member, but I've lurked here for awhile.

I have a custom made skinner that I really like, so I thought I'd post up a photo of it, and see how you all like it.

It's ATS-34, and has a 3.3" blade that is handmade and custom serrated.
The overall length is 8".
The handle is made from a genuine sperm whale's tooth, that I got at Mystic Seaport, CT when I was a kid in the mid 1960s.
The guard/cap is sterling silver.
The blue bands are natural turquoise, hand inlaid, and the center band is raised/rounded, 3-dimensional.

My friend, who is a jeweler, knifemaker, gunsmith made this for me about 5 years ago, and I supplied him the whale's tooth for the job.
It also has a stingray sheath that was made by the same guy who made the knife.

I think he did some beautiful work with this, and it is dangerously sharp.
I love it!

Hope you enjoy the pics!

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And here's a little Benchmade pocketknife that he inlaid some turquoise on the scales, as a little "partner".
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And here's the whole set, with the custom Colt that he also made to make a matched set of all the items, with it's own stingray holster too!
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Welcome to the forums twl! Your friend is quite the craftsman- are you keeping him a secret? :D
 
twl - Welcome. Glad you joined us. You have a great theme going there. Who made the grips on the custom Colt? The knife maker who did the other work?
You will like it here. :)
Dave.
 
Beautiful work, that Colt is fantastic.:thumbup:
 
Yes, all the work on the Colt, including the grips, were all done by the same guy.
His name is Gary Redrup. The little oval on the skinner handle has his initials "GSR" stamped into it.
I've lost touch with him now, but I cherish the work that he did for me.

In case you noticed the blue sights, yes they are stabilized turquoise Novak sights, that he hand sculptured out of solid blocks of stabilized turquoise, polished them, inlaid little sight dots made of elephant ivory, and fitted them to the gun. I watched him do it.
The hammer inlay is also stabilized turquoise with elephant ivory round pin inset into the middle.
All the other turquoise is non-stabilized natural turquoise, and some is inlaid right into the steel parts of the gun.
He also did the frontstrap checkering, ornamental file work, jeweling the barrel hood, and all the performance work inside the gun. And of course, the full polish treatment.

Here's a few more detail pics of the work on the Colt.

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Do you have a phone number, email, other contact for us? I have a Strider SNG I would like to be a full serrated edge. :D

His serrations seems a lot like Spyderco's, thats a good thing.
 
So-Lo said:
Do you have a phone number, email, other contact for us? I have a Strider SNG I would like to be a full serrated edge. :D

His serrations seems a lot like Spyderco's, thats a good thing.
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Unfortunately, I've lost touch with Gary a few years ago, and I have no way of contacting him now.
 
Pretty, but is it practical? I can invision the sight breaking off if fired.
 
sceva said:
Pretty, but is it practical? I can invision the sight breaking off if fired.
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I suppose that's possible.
We did test fire the gun prior to final finishing, and the sights held up for that.
The stabilized turquoise is pretty durable, and made for knife-handles and stuff which will get hard use. So that's why he used the stabilized turquoise for the sights and the hammer.

Anyway, I really don't fire this gun because it's primarily a showpiece.
I know that it fires, and is sighted in, so if I had to, I could use it in a pinch.
Basically anyway, even if the sight did break off during an emergency self-defense use, handguns can be point-fired pretty well at distances that I'm likely to have to use this gun for.

I'm not too worried about that, because I have other guns that I carry for defense, and I don't have to press this one into service. It's an art piece.
 
I have to say two things; first I like the work. Very nice.
Second; I would have a real problem actually using these. Everything that I have as a tool, including firearms,are things to be used, hard if need be. I'm not saying the wont perform, I'd just hate to mar or damage superficially any knife or gun that I own.
All of mine are workhorses.
 
Very beautiful set you have there. You said the gun is a showpiece, but what about the skinner? Is it meant to be a user, or a display piece as well?
 
raindog101 said:
Very beautiful set you have there. You said the gun is a showpiece, but what about the skinner? Is it meant to be a user, or a display piece as well?
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Thank you! I 'm glad you like it.

All of the stuff is fully functional, and would perform great when used.
The gun would work fine, I've test fired it before final finishing, and nothing broke or flew off the gun or anything like that.
I just don't want to mess it up. I have other guns to shoot, so why get the fancy one all scratched up?

The skinner is very sharp, and well-made, and it would work just fine to do skinning or other cutting tasks. It is a spike-tang design obviously, so it shouldn't be hammered on the handle.
I wouldn't hesitate to use it if I needed to.
Again, I have other knives to use for camp work or whatever, so I use them instead.

I could use all the stuff, but I like the looks, so I keep them nice and shiny and unscratched. Like collector pieces.

:)
 
It's excellent work, but I personally am a tactical person and don't appreciate the natural materials, but for what it is it's truly well done.
 
I'm a tactical person too, and I have a bunch of tactical guns, knives, and gear.
I was looking for something different with this stuff, and I kind of liked the idea of a "Southwestern theme" with the turquoise and silver motif.

I certainly realize that this stuff isn't idealized for tactical/survival use, and I didn't really have it made for those purposes. You might call it a "barbecue gun and knives", for taking it to social occasions where people wear their guns and knives and can show them to others who like stuff like this.

For my defensive carry gun, I have a fully customized Detonics Combatmaster Mk1, with a high-cut frontstrap that is checkered 40lpi, and hardchromed finish.

I work in the gun business, and the company that I work with manufactures the MGI Hydra Modular Combat Rifle, which is an advanced version of the AR15, which has a quick change barrel system and interchangeable modular magazine-wells, that allow rapid caliber changes and alternate configurations to be implemented in the field, without tools. It's a form of advanced combat rifle like the FN SCAR, except using the proven AR15/M16/M4 platform as a basis.
I'm also working on a R&D team involved with SOCOM to develop a new military rifle platform using some new experimental cartridge systems.

So, while I am quite immersed in the military/tactical weapons field, sometimes I just like something different.
 
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