Ka-Bar whaler with mammoth tooth scales

Redrummd

Redrummd

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I finished this knife for a customer tonight and it is the best knife I have finished so far. It has no flaws I can find and is the first knife I finished that had no flaw I could find.

The mammoth tooth actually has a chatoyant light play in the harder enamel parts that I have not seen in mammoth tooth before.

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Purty!

One could get lost staring into the depths of those beautiful scales.
 
Holy cow that is gorgeous. It looks like mammoth that dined on an exclusive diet of mother-of-peart. Looks fantastic!

I've not seen a whaler pattern before. What was it used for? The blade has a very distinctive shape.
 
Mike that is one beautiful job. but I still like the one you did for me the best. The color on that knif is amazing.
 
Very nicely done. The coloring is incredible. Did you do the engraving? on the blade too ?
 
RobbW - I am not sure why that knife has such an unususal design but whaler's are basically a rope knife. They always have the rounded nose. I think Ka Bar just wanted an unusual design for their whaler. My customer actually provided the knife so I do not know much about the Ka Bar whaler's.


338375 - The etch/engraving was on the blade already.
 
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Beautiful handle material! How is it attached to the liners...I don't see any pins.:eek:
 
Knifehead - I use loctite 324 and 325. The scales are adhered much better than the stock ones with pins were. They cannot be removed.

I countersink the pin hole into the liners and then pein the pins into the liners under the scales so the knife is held together better than from the factory too.
 
Love the scales. Seems that whalers are popular for that part of the country. I can't hardly find a whaler here. Do they use those knives where you are.

Whalers like Redrummd said is a rope knife. From what I know, people used it to cut an work with rope. People would put the knife over the rope and strike the back of the knife with a mallet to give a clean cut on the rope. I can't say that I have seen it done. But it is what I read.

God Bless
 
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