Knapped Grizzly Hunter REDUCED one time

[R.Carpenter]

This is a first for me. Never have built a knife with a flint knapped blade. I asked my friend Leroy Beard who is in his 80"s and lives in Cathlamet,WA to knapp me a blade.He has been doing this for the better part of 50 years and this blade he did for me is really beautiful. Its really hard to see the full effects unless you hold it up to the light.Anyway I carved a Grizzly on the end of a very nice piece of Elk antler. The guard is two pieces of Water Buffalo with a piece of pre-ban Walrus ivory in between. I tried to get the effect of the knapping by grinding the guard like the antler.The display is a piece of Quilted Maple sitting on a piece of black acrylic. I think the whole package came out pretty nice.Hope someone likes it Specs are below.

Knife; OAL 9 inches
Blade; 4 3/4 inches Flint Knapped Obsidian
Handle; Elk Antler with Grizzly Bear hand carved by myself on end of antler. Guard is Water Buffalo with pre-ban Walrus Ivory

Asking;$190.00 REDUCED to $175.00
Free shipping via USPS Priority Mail in the USA. Pay pal will work for payment at R2D2Fly@charter.net Thanks for taking a look and any and all comments are always welcome

 

[longbow]

Holy crap, just awesome. What a collector's piece and probably just as good a user too. keepem sharp

 

[Alan Warren Knives]

Good work Ray of putting that piece together. I would like to try that flint knapping one day with a box of band-aids on hand.

 

[JayGoliath]

What a beautiful knapped knife.

 

[Jack O'Neill]

WOW Ray , unreal . Like longbow said , a nice collectors piece . I think you need to raise the price .

 

[R.Carpenter]

Thank you all for the compliments. Words of encouragement are always appreciated.Also I am reducing this knife one time to $175.00 if anyone might be interested. Thanks