wenge skinner

[hellize]

Skinner

It is 21.5 cm / 8.5 inch long, the blade is 10 cm/ 4 inch long.
I hand forged it from 5160 steel. The handle is made of stabilized deer antler, and wenge.
The sheath is made of 4 mm/ 0.15 inch thick, sturdy cowhide.

 

[Doug Lester]

Nice clean work with simple lines. You don't saty but is that copper between the antler and the heal of the blade?

 

[hellize]

Nice clean work with simple lines. You don't saty but is that copper between the antler and the heal of the blade?

Thanks a lot
No, that is also antler, the hard part of its wall

 

[Oldnretired]

Skinner

It is 21.5 cm / 8.5 inch long, the blade is 10 cm/ 4 inch long.
I hand forged it from 5160 steel. The handle is made of stabilized deer antler, and wenge.
The sheath is made of 4 mm/ 0.15 inch thick, sturdy cowhide.

I really like your unusual approach (At least to me) with the deer antler using differing orientations like that. I never saw the need to stabilize antler but I do now. I may try getting some elk antler I have stabilized to see how it turns out.
Thanks for the post and the creative ideas it's given me.
Edit-P.S. That wenge antler combo looks nice............

 

[hellize]

I really like your unusual approach (At least to me) with the deer antler using differing orientations like that. I never saw the need to stabilize antler but I do now. I may try getting some elk antler I have stabilized to see how it turns out.
Thanks for the post and the creative ideas it's given me.
Edit-P.S. That wenge antler combo looks nice............

Thanks a lot!
Yeah, you can choose bits which doesn't need stabilization, but in that case you must throw out a lot of the middle sections, because they are too spongy. And I hate to waste.

 

[Oldnretired]

I hear you about wasting material. I looked in my antler stash and found an elk spike 16 1/2" with another 2" that was below the skin line/crown where it attached to the skull. A fairly long thin one. 1" approx. just outsde the crown and about 7/8" midway tapering to the point. Haven't ever decided what to do with it. It looks to be a prime candidate for this sort of use. Elk is usually extra spongy on bigger racks to save weight but more dense on smaller racks and spikes.
Anyway this is in the classified forum so I won't take up more of your time.
Yet another winter project with antler and/or bone. It'll be a busy winter on the work bench.............................

 

[hellize]

I hear you about wasting material. I looked in my antler stash and found an elk spike 16 1/2" with another 2" that was below the skin line/crown where it attached to the skull. A fairly long thin one. 1" approx. just outsde the crown and about 7/8" midway tapering to the point. Haven't ever decided what to do with it. It looks to be a prime candidate for this sort of use. Elk is usually extra spongy on bigger racks to save weight but more dense on smaller racks and spikes.
Anyway this is in the classified forum so I won't take up more of your time.
Yet another winter project with antler and/or bone. It'll be a busy winter on the work bench.............................

Indeed sounds like a worthy a winter project
If you use extra low viscosity resin with a long hardening time for the stabilization, you won't need a pressure chamber either, it will find its way to every cavity eventually. Just top it up regularly.
Have fun!

 

[Oldnretired]

Indeed sounds like a worthy a winter project
If you use extra low viscosity resin with a long hardening time for the stabilization, you won't need a pressure chamber either, it will find its way to every cavity eventually. Just top it up regularly.
Have fun!

Thanks for the tip.

 

[hellize]

you're welcome