JD WARE Small Slip Joint Folder - Red Deer Horn - French Grey O1 Steel (SOLD)

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This is a slip-joint folding knife with a 2-5/16" flat ground, belt satin finish blade. Blade and spring are of 3/32" O1 steel with a "French Grey" finish - a surface treatment often used on highly engraved shotguns and rifles. It offers some protection from rust and oxidation, but just as on a fine firearm, I'd still suggest keeping it lightly oiled or waxed

The handle is Yucatecan Red Deer Horn that I process myself. Closed length - 3.5" Nickel Silver liners with Nickel Silver pins. Silver 1926 ten-centavo escutcheon. Vine pattern file worked blade with thumb grooves. Handmade, Yucatecan Red Deer leather pocket sheath. SOLD (including FedEx economical insured to US or Canada. $15 extra to EU)

The knife opens with a medium-easy pull, and can be pinched open. Backspring is flush open and closed and has no half-stop. Supplied shaving sharp.

I am a full time knifemaker working in Merida, Yucatan Mexico. I ship knives internationally on a regular basis via FedEx. I accept Paypal and credit cards.

I use almost exclusively local handle materials that I gather and mill or process myself. Dense tropical hardwoods as well as wild and ranched deer, cow, bull and water buffalo horns.

The silver escutcheons are made from old Mexican silver coins and are pinned through the liners. You can still see some of the surface irregularities of the coins. All of the pins are nickel silver and are hammered over and left slightly proud of the handle. The decorative file work and carving are precise and carefully done, but you can also see that it was done by hand – I don’t sand or polish the file-cuts.

Please checkout my website for more information about my work JDWARE KNIVES

If you want to purchase this knife or have questions or comments, post here, pm me, or contact me through my website.

Thanks for looking
J

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Thanks Ernie.....I wish I had one myself.

Rhidian, thanks for the kind words.

Jerry, The stag is local Yucatecan Red Deer - same species as the Scottish Red Deer. The Red Deer were introduced to Mexico from New Zealand. They were introduced in New Zealand in the 19th and 20th centuries from Scotland and England. It's an awful lot of work processing the antlers, but it's beautiful material and worth it, I think.

here's some of the processed Red Deer horn I have ready for orders:
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J
 
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i'll take it ,if it's still for sale. to be paid by paypal. $ 15 extra to mail to australia? thanks
 
my apologies,looks like i won't be able to bring into my state,so i can't buy at this time.i'm trying to get a custom ruling on it .again my apologies
 
my apologies,looks like i won't be able to bring into my state,so i can't buy at this time.i'm trying to get a custom ruling on it .again my apologies

No Problem. I understood that traditional folding knives, that require two hands to open, can be imported.

J
 
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