this mornings project...

[sadiejane]

make some char cloth and remove old hardware from stag handles

the tools:

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the fire:

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while making the char cloth also had the old carving set boiling(ya cant see the third piece as i broke off the fork-its in the bottom of the pan)to remove the resin or epoxy or whatever held the steel inside the stag handles.

the results:

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to be honest i really prefer dryer lint or cotton balls with pj. but charcloth is the sentimental favorite. my gramps and my pops both made it and used it. they were sorta old crumudgeons, much like most of us... would rather use the charcloth flint and steel(never saw either of em use firesteel) than modern techniques they had ready access to. like this morning. i coulda used newspaper and a lighter but rather used dryer lint(no pj-just wasnt necessary) and a firesteel....

now i have three wonderful old pieces of stag for rehandling other knives or blanks. the carving set cost me $2 at a flea market. nice brass bolsters and big brass tacks for the butt.

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this spring-like weather is making me antsy...

 

[chuck buck]

pretty stag, did you use hot hot water or boiling water? how long was the carving set in for? and lastly how exactly did you remove it? is the stag fragile during removal after its been heated?

btw awesome looking knife but i cant imagine it feels nice to use!

 

[sadiejane]

the carving set was old. 50+ yrs at least, id say, maybe quite some older. just let it boil till the resin/epoxy started boiling out. the stag will be just fine after drying.
yeah that knife is not an everyday user, tho its plenty sharp and functional. of course with the jaw handle, ya wouldnt wanna hold er all day long. really more of a rendezvous knife but i use em all at least once in awhile. this one was made by an old man who was a friend of my pops, so it too has some sentimental attachment.