Mammoth and Damascus Gut hook Skinner

[R APPLEBY]

Hello everyone, Another project fresh off the bench. I just finished the sheath for this this morning
I don't do gut hooks to often but here it is, comments welcome.

Blade; 5/32 thick X 3 1/4, Hollow ground, Alabama ladder pattern
Damascus with gut hook.

Handle; Mammoth Ivory with nickel pins. Fully file worked spine and
tang.

Bolsters; Robert Eggerling mosaic Damascus.

OAL; 7 15/16 inches

Sheath; 8/9 oz tooled and bees waxed leather pouch.


Thanks for looking

 

[Steve Nuckels]

Well, that is a beautiful knife and sheath indeed. I am not a fan of gut hooks. I certainly could make an exception on this knife! The Ivory is very inviting and the damascus and bolsters are interesting too. I really find the file work my favorite element of the knife! Is it strictly file work? Any engraving at all?

Steve
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Potomac Forge

 

[JAlexander]

That's quite a skinner, Bob. I usually don't like filework at all, but I like what I can see of this quite a lot. Would you mind adding a closeup of the spine and tang?

 

[shunsui]

That's the first gut hook knife I've liked. Nice job.

 

[SharpByCoop]

I swear I wanted to start a thread this year: "Show us your Gut Hooks". They are an acquired taste, to put it nicely.

That said, they serve a proper function, too.

Yours really puts all of the finest elements in one package. Like the others, I admire it too.

You've been studying Joe Keeslar's work. Just great!

Coop

 

[R APPLEBY]

Well, that is a beautiful knife and sheath indeed. I am not a fan of gut hooks. I certainly could make an exception on this knife! The Ivory is very inviting and the damascus and bolsters are interesting too. I really find the file work my favorite element of the knife! Is it strictly file work? Any engraving at all?

Steve
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Potomac Forge

Thanks Steve, I accented the file work with a carbide cutter in a die grinder(not really calling that engraving)just trying to make it look more like a running vine.

 

[R APPLEBY]

That's quite a skinner, Bob. I usually don't like filework at all, but I like what I can see of this quite a lot. Would you mind adding a closeup of the spine and tang?

Thanks, here you go.

 

[R APPLEBY]

I swear I wanted to start a thread this year: "Show us your Gut Hooks". They are an acquired taste, to put it nicely.

That said, they serve a proper function, too.

Yours really puts all of the finest elements in one package. Like the others, I admire it too.

You've been studying Joe Keeslar's work. Just great!

Coop

Thanks Coop,Guilty as charged. Hard part is I study everyones work.

Thanks again all

 

[peterinct]

VERY nice work. I'm not too fond of guthooks either, BUT I like that one!

Peter

 

[JAlexander]

Thanks, here you go.]

Thank you kindly. I really like the floral motif you have going there. It's unusual, and more visually interesting than the usual vine and thorns that you see.