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I am planning to do a couple of knives for a friend using the antlers off his first moose. The rack was small so he thought making a couple of knives with it would be a nice way to "Mount the memory" if you will. I have seen the precautions about cutting antler and was looking for a bit more...

Thanks arock The bark sheath was an idea from the Backwoodsman magazine, I have not worked with leather yet but wanted a safe way to carry around the little beater knife. It works well but I am already seeing many improvements for the next one. The Screen name comes from my Great Grandfather...

Thanks, KCorn, I actually just got that book a few weeks ago and have been reading and re reading it...I have gained a lot of knowledge and am working at applying it. There is so much to learn but I just keep working at it and the things are getting better. I just learned about draw filing and...

that bad... well I will keep trying. I got an old 14" circular saw blade to play with and picked up a few books so I will keep trying.

Let the critique begin... OK so here is the first two knives I have ever made...ever, No kits no anything before these. I went into this knowing nothing more than I had to make a knife to try and scratch the itch I couldn't reach any other way. So, the first one was the ugly round handled...

GHEzell, thanks for the info. I am pretty sure the re-curve was with a kukri, I remember there being two of these small knives and the large kukri in the sheath back when it was found and before they came into my hands. I didn't really think about the handle being horn and not bone but that is...

These were found in my uncle's home when he inherited it some time ago. Any ideas? The small dagger has some writing etched into the blade and the handle has two shell (?) slices in it. I believe the owner was of Danish decent if that helps at all. Any direction would be great. The second one...

Thanks for the welcome all. Rasret01 I would love to talk knives with you and will definately take you up on that soon. I got to say that this place seems to have the best folks around for talking through any issues or difficulties that could possibly come up. What a great place for anyone...

I have been lurking around this forum since last December and have been so blown away by the quality of the work shown in all the photos that I have not posted on any of the forums till now. I only jump in now because I have been bitten by this bug and it won't let go. I have carried a knife or...

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