"Reti" Kagas Katne from a "Village" in Texas

Sylvrfalcn · Jul 15, 2003

Sooner or later I had to try my hand at a khuk-like object, hope y'all get a kick out of this one.

Sarge

Sylvrfalcn · Jul 15, 2003

Here it is next to my trusty old Kagas Katne.

Handle is naturally shed whitetail deer antler, blade used to be a big old file, most sophisticated piece of equipment used in making it was a 29 dollar bench grinder from Tractor Supply.

Sarge

Kismet · Jul 15, 2003

you do nice work, Sarge.

beoram · Jul 15, 2003

That's quite nice!

mamav · Jul 15, 2003

That's cool. Are you going to give that to your daughter to show off to her friends? Bet she'd love it

We're surrounded by talented people here!

Sylvrfalcn · Jul 15, 2003

Nope Gin, I made the scabbard of this one to be worn on the belt, or run a cord through the belt loop and wear it as a neck knife. That's what I'm going to do. I've agreed with my ex to limit hand made gifts for my daughter to things that are either decorative or more feminine. I don't know why, maybe the broadsword, two daggers, and bow and arrows in my daughter's closet have something to do with it.

Sarge

BruiseLeee · Jul 15, 2003

Is that the part of the antler that sticks into the head of the deer?

It sorta looks like melted plastic in the pic and I'm not familiar with deer parts.

Kukri4302 · Jul 15, 2003

Sarge,
Who gave ya the deer antler?

THE SAINT!

Bill Martino · Jul 15, 2003

Good stuff and thanks.

Josh Feltman · Jul 15, 2003

Originally posted by BruiseLeee
Is that the part of the antler that sticks into the head of the deer?

It sorta looks like melted plastic in the pic and I'm not familiar with deer parts.

Bruise-- that's correct. Interestingly, as the daytime temperature increases in the spring and summer, the plastic melts, and the deer lose their antlers.
--Josh

Sylvrfalcn · Jul 15, 2003

I'm not familiar with deer parts.

Bruise, it's an absolute wonder of nature that deer have the ability to shed their magnificent antlers and grow a new set every year. I have used antlers from harvested deer to make handles, but whenever possible I like to use those that have been shedded. They are a gift, freely given, and you can call me crazy, but it's been my experience that they make better knife handles.

Sarge

Pappy · Jul 15, 2003

It looks like a darn good neck knife to me. You just do darn good work.

Ripper · Jul 16, 2003

Nice Sarge, really like the shape of that blade.
Some forging involved there?

Sylvrfalcn · Jul 16, 2003

Some forging involved there?

Nope, big file, much grinding.

The picture doesn't really do it justice, that rascal is full convex ground, 3 1/2" long, and 3/16" thick at the spine. The cho was cut in with a needle file after I drew the hardness from the tang and ricasso area. A lot of work, still not done, got to finish polishing out the blade, but it was an itch that needed scratching.

Sarge

etp777 · Jul 16, 2003

Very nice Sarge.

lcs37 · Jul 16, 2003

Originally posted by Sylvrfalcn
Nope, big file, much grinding. The picture doesn't really do it justice, that rascal is full convex ground, 3 1/2" long, and 3/16" thick at the spine. The cho was cut in with a needle file after I drew the hardness from the tang and ricasso area. A lot of work, still not done, got to finish polishing out the blade, but it was an itch that needed scratching.

Sarge

Sarge, I really admire you for your talent, along with many others on this forum. I recently stumbled on this site, alot of good ideas on file knives and other misc.

http://www.graybeardoutdoors.com/phpbb2/viewforum.php?f=53

I'm sure you don't need any more advice, but you might pick up something you hadn't thought of before. DAG