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J. Neilson

J. Neilson

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A customer wanted a knife made out of a boar tusk he got on a hunt. Since he's into black powder, I made him a patch knife. The blade is 2 1/2" of 1095 (edge quenched). The handle is the tusk, plus a buffalo horn throat, red spacers and a brass guard. Tess is making a neck sheath with some of the smaller teeth. I'll try to post it when it's done.
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Really nice and very different about the way you drop the point down in that very noticable curve. It does look good to me and would, I think, give great strength to the point.

Functionality breeds beauty without help or imagination.

Well done. It can also double as a realy good back scratcher.

Roger
 
Thanks. The buffalo horn was solid (also supplied by the customer). I usually sand it down to 800 grit and then use mirror white compound on a buffer.
Roger: I've always liked the sheep's foot pattern for, as you said, strength at the tip. The blade shape itself suits the hand well in cutting. I'm always putting a thumb or index finger on the blade spine when dressing/skinning and this profile is great for it.

Did one in stag too:http://www.mountainhollow.net/thumb_skinners.htm
 
That's a beauty - thanks for posting the picture. The spacers set off the tusk & horn nicely and the very distinctive blade shape draws the eye enough to keep the larger size of the handle from overwhelming the blade. Nice flow to the lines of it. :cool:
 
Man! Quite the cool looking blade. I've always had a hard time imagining the use of the boar's tusk. Wonderful work.

Dan
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