Morseth/Knuebuhler/Engnath style Nessmuk

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joelbolden

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I first made one of these from a semi-finished blade that I bought from Bob Engnath. I've made them, off and on, since then. Bob said he got the pattern from Morseth, then I ran across Walt Knuebuhler's pattern that's still available at WK Knives. The handle on this one is made from Moose antler. A Canadien friend of mine had to shoot one that charged his hunting partner and him last year while they were out for Caribou. None of the pieces matched well enough to allow me to use the bark, so I went smooth. I thought I'd ground away all the pith, but as I was finishing the handle, dark, dirty looking blotches showed up that were pith from somewhere. I tried using a solution called Old Bones that I bought from Dixie Gunworks years ago, and that gave me a blotchy yellow colour, so I overlaid medium brown leather dye over that, and that worked. The blade is flatground 2.5mm(around 3/32 inch) D-2 and the pins/lanyard hole are bronze. Dave's going to make his own sheath.
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That is a knife I would be proud to own. Very nice work. I'm not generally a fan of antler scales but those turned out great.
 
That is a great lookin knife. May I ask though did you have the scales stabilized? the reason I ask is Moose Antler moves ALOT due to temperature varience. (coming in out of the cold to warmth)
 
No I didn't have it stabilized....Never used it before. I did leave it out in 12 degree F temps for about two hours after I finished photographing it before I remembered I left it out there and brought it in. Hasn't moved yet in the last 3 days. Dave had kept it drying for a year, then I had it in my "wood" room for about 6 months. I guess I (and Dave) will find out...Lucky its a gift and not a commission, Huh.
 
That would be Canadian, unless your friend is a French Canadien.

The knife looks very good. I like the result you got from dying the antler. It turned out a very nice colour.
 
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