waynorth
Dealer / Materials Provider
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About 100 years ago (well maybe a little less
) I did a thread on taking a knife apart, using a "second" I got from GEC. My goal was to learn how to rehandle a knife.
This knife had some glitzy gold fleck acrylic, which I may have called the "pelt of a custom '64 Mustang" or some other nonsense!
Anyhow I never got around to it, and arthritis gets in the way when I try to do fussy, small work, so I shelved the project. In the interim, our NZ friend Fes harvested some deer in his usual manner, stocking his larder in the process, and sent me some pieces of Antler, when I expressed interest in their nice "popcorn texture". At least that's how I remember it.
The Stag sat on a shelf for a decade or two (maybe a little less) until our other friend Esnyx offered his customizing services not that long ago (not even a month ago actually)!
I asked him if he'd like to swap a knife or two for his work, and he said sure!
So I sent off the ex-Mustang (actually an ex-muskrat I think),
and a Diamond Jack, and some bits and pieces, including Fes's Stag.
The results, which include a supercharged trade penny from Phillll!
You are looking at Gen-you-wine NZ Stag, harvested by Fester Fromzed (sp?), on a DJ, and third cut and dyed Stag on what is now, inevitably, a Mustang Jack!!
The penny from Phillll is a '44, my favorite year, backed by a bit left over from the DJ, nicely assembled, as are the knives, by Esnyx!
All in all, quite a haul! Thanks Evan, and Phillll!
) I did a thread on taking a knife apart, using a "second" I got from GEC. My goal was to learn how to rehandle a knife.This knife had some glitzy gold fleck acrylic, which I may have called the "pelt of a custom '64 Mustang" or some other nonsense!
Anyhow I never got around to it, and arthritis gets in the way when I try to do fussy, small work, so I shelved the project. In the interim, our NZ friend Fes harvested some deer in his usual manner, stocking his larder in the process, and sent me some pieces of Antler, when I expressed interest in their nice "popcorn texture". At least that's how I remember it.
The Stag sat on a shelf for a decade or two (maybe a little less
) until our other friend Esnyx offered his customizing services not that long ago (not even a month ago actually)!I asked him if he'd like to swap a knife or two for his work, and he said sure!
So I sent off the ex-Mustang (actually an ex-muskrat I think),
and a Diamond Jack, and some bits and pieces, including Fes's Stag.
The results, which include a supercharged trade penny from Phillll!
You are looking at Gen-you-wine NZ Stag, harvested by Fester Fromzed (sp?), on a DJ, and third cut and dyed Stag on what is now, inevitably, a Mustang Jack!!
The penny from Phillll is a '44, my favorite year, backed by a bit left over from the DJ, nicely assembled, as are the knives, by Esnyx!
All in all, quite a haul! Thanks Evan, and Phillll!
