Recessed wall display for Arno Bernard collection

[22-rimfire]

That is quite a collection of a single knife maker! The photo is small on my computer, so I can't see close details.

 

[tasahbay716]

Awesome display! I am also an Arno Bernard fan. Excellent collection.

Great to meet another Arno fan. I not only collect his knives, I use them extensively in my hunting lodge/guide business. If you have ever used one of his Nyala's or Zebra's to skin a deer, you know Arno builds knives to use. Before I started using Arno's knives to skin client's game, I would dread the chore, now I look forward to the task using his knives and the inevitable questions from the client regarding what knife I am using.

 

[tasahbay716]

Sounds like a keeper. Will you introduce us?

Yep, 35 year keeper and counting. Finders keepers. Hunt you own!!!

 

[tasahbay716]

That is quite a collection of a single knife maker! The photo is small on my computer, so I can't see close details.

Ok, here are some closer pics

 

[tasahbay716]

Scales are assorted Mammoth molar, Mammoth Ivory, Giraffe bone, Kudu bone, Warthog tusk, iron wood, maple.

 

[22-rimfire]

That is even more amazing!

 

[tasahbay716]

Two of the knives are Sam Hawkins and not Arno's

 

[toker]

Wanted to display my Arno Bernard knife collection and was bored this weekend, so I got out the dry wall zip cutter and went to work

What's holding the knives up? Are they just wooden dowels?

 

[tasahbay716]

Yes sir. They are 1/4" wooden dowels. I drilled the 1/2 strips with a 1/4" bit at an 8 degree upward angle and then sharpened each end of the dowel with a pencil sharpener and then drove the dowel in the holes. The dowels are 1 3/4 inch long. Works well.