Soggy Bottom Knives

Wade Hougham

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I am always asked if I have any less expensive (not cheap) knives when I do shows. Here are three that fit that category. Plain and simple design. Two are mill saw blades that date back to the 1890's and the third is the same steel mixed with some 15N20. The handles are elk antler. Thanks to Randy (Church and Son) for the title.
As always any and all comments are welcome.
 
Heeellllloooo down there Soggy Bottom.......
Outstanding effort Wade. My first impression of these was they would look great on the strap
of a mid 1800's shooting bag to be used as a patch knife and skinner. You da' man.........
 
wade great job, Love making those tine handles but always seems hard to find just the right one. howd you find 3 ?
 
Those are real nice Wade- I'm agreeing with Randy- would made great patch knives/possibles bag knives- like em.
 
Hey Wade - I like those, too. The pweld one is really nice, but they are all something I would love to have along when camping.

good idea to make something a little less expensive. I guess it helps develop customers and get your name out.

I think, if we were to be honest, many of us couldn't really afford to buy our own work! (I can't spend the amount on a sword that I charge for them, and I undercharge like mad).

kc
 
I like that old sawblade steel , it has some special qualities and gets extremely sharp. Nice work on those blades . I am working on some L-6 saw blade knives as we speak. Bubba
 
Those look really nice. A 50/50 blend of boiled linseed oil and Viagra will straighten those handles out. :biggrin:
 
Thanks to you all for the replies and glad you like them. I had a show this weekend and sold the larger of the three to a guy who is taking it back to Australia with him.
Franklin, I picked up two sets of 5 point racks last week and they had these tines and some other great antler for handles.
Randy and Ausbrooks, there were many comments made about patch knives this weekend.
Kevin, It is the truth, I can't afford my own knives.
Bubba-san and Gary, The old saw blade and antler are great to work with and man can they slice.
Lagrange and Keith, They are of a very good using size and if I use grafton's recepie I might even be able to get them up to the size of a Bowie.:biggrin:
Thanks again for the comments. Wade
 
Those look really nice. A 50/50 blend of boiled linseed oil and Viagra will straighten those handles out. :biggrin:

Yeah, but if they stay that way for more than 4 hours he'll have to find a doctor.

Those look great, Wade! Any secrets for finding that purdy stuff inside the saw steel? I've got a chunk off an old sawblade that I hope to get working on soon.
 
Jonathan,
As soon as I was done with the temper they went in vinegar over night and that is all that was done to them. Wade
 
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