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Life is great even with the aches and pains. It's like my 89 year old mother said just before she passed..... "Gettin' old ain't for sissies"

Well I just turned 70 and am still going semi-strong. Been pruning trees and digging holes with my big steel diggin' bar for more trees (rocky ground). I guess if I don't keel over doing that I don't have alot to fear from whatever toxins might be left in an old steak knife. I like using...

Yea I think my wife is going to nab it because it's "cute" LOL.

I probably won't use it unless I know more about the coloring on the blade. The animal appears to be carved from the handle. They seemed to have access to very nice stag back in the day. My wife asked if it was added as well but on close examination I can see that it is carved into the handle...

Hello all. I have this nice little stag antlered steak knife by Anton Wingen Jr. with colored etching on the blade. Does anyone know what they used to color the etching and if it's food safe?

Yes THANK YOU for fighting for the rest of us. I live in Washington state and knife rights are just the tip of the iceberg. These people hate our American customs and way of life. They continue to attack anything they see as an established American custom, even pocket knives. They will go...

Bondo might work. It heats up quite a bit as it cures so I'm not sure how that would effect the horn. 24 hour epoxy heats up but not as much. As far as wood goes, it would have to be a VERY stable wood and VERY dry I think and totally encapsulated in epoxy. Wood shrinks and expands with...

I'd say you do if you make them to your specs and to fit your hand. The thing is that when someone but you fits the handle, unless you are there to grip and re-grip until it's just right it just won't be a perfect fit in my opinion. That's just me though. I'd rather have a good knife that...

Again me responding to an older post. Axis deer antlers are similar to Sambar in that they usually have very little pith with a single hole in the center. I've believe there are Axis (non-native) in Texas, on and escaped from ranches. I've ordered some rounds for a rapier and dagger(s) set...

Thank You for posting this video. Very informative.

Nice knife and I absolutely love the sheath.

Nice.

Those are beautiful as pieces of art but I myself would never use either. First the recurve in the blade profile makes them harder to sharpen. Second the topography of both blades would make cleaning them harder. I like simple to sharpen and clean. I tended not to use a nice knife I owned...

I bought this blade blank awhile back and put it in a walnut handle. At first I liked how dark it looked but for some reason it just didn't look right with that handle. The handle isn't finished yet so it will be alot darker once finished. The blade is 5160, 15n20 and Ni200. I decided to...

Actually I think whipping for rope ends could be modified to work with knife handles allowing a nice transition of colors if one so desired. I've done some fancy whipping for friends with boats (Kind of saying thanks for inviting me) when I noticed their ropes were messy on the ends using the...

I tried to post the link but my antivirus software had a fit so I just copied from the page header. Anyway this will get you there if you type it in search. Paracord Guild has links to YouTube Tutorials on different knots etc. also.......https://www.paracordguild.com/spiral-hitching-paracord/...

That hockey tape technique was shown to me by a friend when I usted to work in Alberta. The local hockey players and Farmers, Ranchers, fishermen etc. used it. I don't know if hockey players etc. in other locales do it but with hockey tape done that way you have a SECURE grip. Yes that...

I know this is an old thread but anyway.....I love old carving knives. I own a few Putnam Cutlery as well as Landers Frary & Clark knives. Their claim of "making it impossible to break or pull the blade from the shank" seems to be well founded. I recently aquired a stag handled Putnam Cutlery...

Paracord has many uses. I wrap my flashlights and some tool handles in it. I use a technique called Coxcombing, or spiral hitching where knots spiral around the handle. I use small diameter cord so as not to be rough on the hands or add to the diameter too much. The navy used to wrap handrails...

I already have alot of hand tools and enjoy filing and sanding. Weird I know. I use mainly hand tools to do the majority of my work. No dedicated shop but a large shed that my wife wants me to convert to a shop so I'm not doing things in the house or waiting for the weather to change.