Old fashioned hunter

[irbailey]

I was recently commissioned to make this for a 75th birthday present.
3" 1075 blade & dyed red stag with brass fittings and red fibre spacers.
Let me know what you think

Thanks for looking.

Ian

 

[Lorien]

that's my favourite knife of yours so far:thumbup:

 

[Kevin Jones]

Very nice hunter, brass and all. :thumbup:

 

[lwrhea]

Looks good. Did you dye the stag? If so, I'd enjoy hearing how you did it. Lin

 

[Keith Montgomery]

Very nice.

 

[irbailey]

Thanks for your comments chaps
Lin, I dyed the stag with Fiebings tan leather dye. Originally it was almost pure white.

Cheers, Ian

 

[peterinct]

Nice looking knife. It looks like it would feel good in hand.

Fiebings was always very good leather dye.

I have used a propane torch to color deer antler. It was done by passing the flame over it in a way similar to spray painting in not letting the flame stay in one place very long. When I mentioned doing it to a knifemaker some years back, he warned of that drying out the antler, but it was quite a few years ago and the antler still looks good.

Peter

 

[Chevin Knives]

Saw this on BB aswell. A lovely knife; you've certainly achieved the 'look.'

 

[bobbywett]

Very nice work there irbailey. I really love the flow from blade through the handle. As peterinct stated, looks like it would feel real good in your hand.

 

[irbailey]

Thanks for all your kind remarks.
Think I'll try the burnt stag trick, cheers for the info.

Ian