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S.Grosvenor

S.Grosvenor

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I'm a 42yr old virgin, a knife making one anyway, I bought this knife "Kit" about 4yrs ago with the Idea that I would make it out of a Buck Antler that I shot with my bow, This year I was able to get the handle material that I need, but have a question?

1. Assuming you use the bottom part of the beam, what do you do with the brow tine?

This could be a bad thing for me, cause I love building stuff, and My wife said I can't have any more hobbies, but man you guys build some beautiful stuff, I hope i'm not being redundant, I did try to read through all the newbie stuff, just couldn't find the answer, thanks in Advance.

Steve.
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The Beam is the entire antler (one side)
and the Brow tine is the little spike at the base of the antler (eye protector)

The Beam
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The browtine
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No sir, I was just wondering what is done with it, don't know why i didn't think of just cutting it off, that's what I'll do, thanks for the reply.

Wow, this site is huge!
 
No problem welcome yes its huge and lots of info to search I would recomend at least buying a basic membership so you can search. Good luck with your project and keep us posted:)
 
I can see that this will be money well spent, signed up Basic but will most likely be upgrading.

I did notice that a keyword here is Grind or Grinding, I hope my little belt sander is up to the task.

Thanks guys.
 
I got my start making kits and a 1x30 delta was all I used. If your anything like most of us you will probably want to make more and more;)
 
Most antler handles with a brow tine usually just cut and sand the tine in smooth with the rest of the handle. Whitetail antler is pretty porous stuff (not good) what I do is drill for the tang, plug one end of the hole and fill it with cheap super glue, repeat until it's fully saturated. This will help to control shrinkage and cracking but it's not perfect.

When you're getting ready to final fit up the tang and glue it up cover ever bit of that antler with paste wax, one little glob of epoxy will drive you crazy trying to get it cleaned off of the antler. You can also dye the antler brown with leather dye to match up sanded parts with the rest of the antler.

Making tools for the shop is half the fun of making knives!

Welcome to BF.
 
I've heard of 'flame treating' antler supposedly makes it harder or something. Can anybody shed some light on this? Good, Bad, or ugly, worthwhile or not and How to if it is a good thing.
 
Ohhhffffff I can't imagine how bad that must smell considering how bad antler smells sanding/grinding :barf:
 
Will Leavitt said:
Ohhhffffff I can't imagine how bad that must smell considering how bad antler smells sanding/grinding :barf:
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All about the smell in which you are referencing:barf:
Been grinding all day but hey, I'm having a great time.
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next question is, do you epoxy (i will use devcon) in stages or the whole thing then finish?
 
WOW! Looking great so far, I epoxie all at once and are you going to add a nut to the but end just curios.
 
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are you going to add a nut to the but end just curios.
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I didn't plan on adding a nut, I figured by cutting the notches in the steel, the devcon will do the work by creating a mechanical lock, ? will that work?
 
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