The lionsknife

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In 1904 the Kruger National Park ranger Harry Wolhuter had been attacked by two lions, one chasing after his horse, the other grabbed him at his shoulder, draggin him into the bush.
Harry stabbed the lion to death with his sheath knife, a butcher type knife by Williams & Smithfield - London".

I tried to recreate a knife, similar to the original, but with slabs from kudu horn and a thicker blade stock.

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Here the original..

Regards
Nicolas
 
I remember reading about his story. If I recall correctly he had said he swapped his old knife for the one he had that day without permission ;) He knew where he was headed he would need a better blade than what he had but he lacked the money to buy the knife. Your rendition looks excellent!!!
 
Bmgillum said:
I do like the kudu Horn...is it difficult to work with?...
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At least this kudu was AWFULL to work with, it splitted, chipped, .. don't know it this is normal, maybe to dry. Don't know how it will stand the test of time.

Regards
Nicolas
 
Love it!...both the story behind the blade and the modern rendition. Well done!!!!
 
Grouser1741 said:
Where in the world do you get kudu horn?
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Thank you guys!
I got the kudu horn at mercorne.fr a shop in france (I'm in Spain).
BUT the horn was very brittle, chipped, etc. Don't know it that's normal with Kudu, maybe it was laying arround for ages.
This was my first full tang knife, I normally do hidden tang knives (and prefer these ;))

Anyway, now I know how to deal with kudu..

Regards
Nicolas
 
Besides the story, i really like that knife. It's amazingly simple, but i believe that's what makes it so nice.
Thank for sharing!
 
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