It's done! Need help deciding on some liners for these stag cut bone scales.

Looks good myke, interesting to hear about the difficulties of working with bone. Someone gave me an antler to try and use on a knife, still figuring that out, sounds like I might hold of for a while anyhow :)

thanks for the pictures and story, good luck with the next one to!
 
Wow, that look awesome!
 
JK Knives said:
I better not see that one in the for sale section!
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Aw come on,I figure I could get a grand for it seeing how it's probably the only JK with Bone scales.;)

No worries,not for sale,but I am approaching 4500 posts...........


Thanks for the comments guys.
 
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Okay,it's done!
I didn't go with brass,just black & red for liners,sorry for the not so great pics.
I'm lucky to have gotten these few with my POS P&S.

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Don't worry,that little drop of g flex ain't there no mo.;)
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Now I know why John won't work with Stag(or bone),that stuff stinks when cutting & sanding.:barf:
It is otherwise reall easy to work though & I do love the look of bone.The shine was accomplished with just 1200 grit paper.:thumbup:
After what I thought was the final sand I tried staining it with RIT Brown dye,but it didn't give the desired results,so I tried soaking it in some real strong,hot coffee.(what can I say,I read about it on the WWW:rolleyes:)
All the dye & coffee did after sitting for about 20 mins each was seep into all the little pores & all the sand marks I'd missed(& boy those sand marks really stood out.:rolleyes:)
I was hoping for a nice mellow brown color like a coffee stain on a napkin or carmel if you know what I mean.
Anyhoo,I went back at it with the 400 & 1200,then decided to try some walnut wood stain.
Eh,a little darker,but not quite what I had envisioned.Not that I don't like it,it has that nice old pocket worn look with all the nooks,cranys,pores & cracks filled with stain IMO.
I must add that the pins were a pita to do too,I wanted them flat so I could peen them,so I had to sand the surrounding bone down & boy was it a pain to get it sanded smooth & not take too much of the surrounding bone out.(those grind marks sure show good with the stain.:))
That's what the pencil with eraser was for,I'd fold a strip of paper over the easer for getting into the pin recess.
For the lanyard tube I just sanded the whole end flat.:rolleyes:
So there you have it..my first & possibly last foray in bone handling a knife.

Oh crap,I just remembered I have a damascus stick tang bowie I need to get done for a friend to give to his son.
His son works for Army Intel & is coming back from Astan in august.:eek:
It's getting an antler crown handle from a shed they found together years ago.
Oh well,looks like there is more bone in my future.:barf: :)

Thanks for lookin' & ya'll have a good weekend.
I'm going camping sunday-wednesday.(or thursday):thumbup::)
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That really turned out nice. Dang, I'm impressed.
 
The knife and your work on the handle is beautiful, Mykel - very well done. Very professional.

I really love the look - thanks for the pictures and story of your tribulations trying to get the desired coloration to the bone.

best

mqqn
 
Magnaminous_G said:
Wow... you did a good job on that one. Looks beautiful. :thumbup:
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Thanks M-G.
protourist said:
That really turned out nice. Dang, I'm impressed.
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I gotta say I'm impressed too Mack,it turned out better than I figured my first attempt at bone would.

mqqn said:
The knife and your work on the handle is beautiful, Mykel - very well done. Very professional.

I really love the look - thanks for the pictures and story of your tribulations trying to get the desired coloration to the bone.

best

mqqn
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Thanks Andy.One thing I found out during the various staining attempts was that coffee will leave a patina.
Some crept in under the tape I had the blade wrapped in & left some discoloration on a couple of small spots around the ricaso.
 
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