Knife hunter drop point moose leg bone

[milesofalaska]

Knife – hunter drop point moose leg bone hidden tang style
Order code (use when inquiring so I know what knife!) K-BMO-1210
Style-function hunter drop point skinner
Durability Made to be used simple design rugged construction no issues
Story or personal info about this knife Moose leg bone handle has not been altered. This is the bone as is feels comfortable in the hand and came off my dinner. I can supply pictures of the moose and where it lived. The guard is custom cast from bronze off a propeller that went up and down the Yukon River since the 1950’s
Price $350
My knives in general I do all my own work unless stated. Cut my own steel , shape blades one at a time freehand- no pattern. Do my own hardening and equalizing. If etched, freehand one of a kind no patterns, using acid. Been using and depending on knives since 1972 as a subsistence person in the remote interior of Alaska. Handle materials are often materials I find myself in my lifestyle – mammoth ivory, bone, horn, fossils etc. If not I know the source, and material has been personally selected. Guards are usually lost wax cast, my own carved designs, doing my own casting from free scrap metals gifted by our local barge line. Pins usually hand made tubing or copper heavy electrical wire or brazing rod. I make my own sheaths and stands. Often a story in some of it someplace- that helps make the knife one of a kind- personal.

Blade
Type steel D2 steel
Treated how I suppose no one will believe it….this is supposed to be air hardened steel but I was not pleased. I heated edge above cheery red- maybe 300 degrees past non magnetic, and quenched in oil. No warp no crack no problems- edge is super hard- (never seen D2 get this hard- it is not known for it’s hardness) file will not touch it, back is soft. Edge has sharpened a brass rod without chipping or dulling. I slammed it through both sides of a tin can and hammered in it in a vice and chipped the tip reground that so yes it might be prone to chip but it will take a lot to hurt this knife.
Dimensions overall 8.5 inches. Blade is 3 x 1.5x 1/16.
Artwork acid etching is steel wolf and leaves on one side, leaves on the other side brass fish as end pin custom cast guard see guard for description.
Handle Moose leg gone ‘as is’ no carving no alterations just sanded and polished. End cap is wild Dall sheep horn from Alaska sheep (friends subsistence hunt) pinned to leg bone fish end of pin.
Source leg bone off my dinner sheep horn from local sheep

Guard-pommel –pins- end cap wild Dall sheep horn guard is custom cast bronze from barge propeller, raven theme an eagle on one side cast to fit perfect over end of moose bone, Pin is copper with brass fish end

Display or sheath info comes with no sheath but One of the Jantz raw sheaths fits if interested. (from fitting should be done easy to do)
How to purchase or inquire email, call, or go to my web site. Should be no issue going overseas but would need to discuss shipping.
Pay pal – miles@milesofalaska.net is my account and my email or request pay pal invoice be sent.
Credit card – go through pay pal- not set up for credit cards
Check or money order – After confirmation by email send to my address Or call me
Out of the US: inquire on any restrictions and payment options (pay pal preferred but Western Union is a choice)
Shipping and warranty policy
Usually flat rate priority with delivery confirmation. Usually $11 anywhere in the US. Overseas inquire. Not set up to get creative with shipping. I live in a village of 300 people in the interior of Alaska. No UPS no FedEx no street numbers, just us savages and wild creatures. I’ve never needed insurance, just proof to you it was sent, proof to me you got it. And my word that if there is a problem I’ll make it right. We do not pay for that with money, but reputation. Be nice to me I’ll be nice to you. Easy return if not satisfied. Been in business 40 years. Not even one in 500 deals gets returned. I have credentials – satisfied customers , references upon request.

 

[bakdahelup]

fantastic design

 

[milesofalaska]

When it comes to the design… well I have been using knives every day since 72 as the most important tool I own out in the Alaska subsistence lifestyle I live. One comment I do get on my knives is when you pick them up they feel right and balance and fit in the hand well. But not to brag, I never studied under anyone do not know what others are doing. I’ve worded totally alone all my life. So I’m somewhat uneducated when it comes to exotic steels new processes and techniques. But I do hope I bring some fresh ideas to the table with designs, how to make rivets, ways to handle steel that might be different and interesting. Not necessarily better, but different.