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Buffalo Drop Bone Handled Neck Knife
El Destructo:
I made this little Neck Knife for a certain Person who will be left Nameless for now until He receives this knife for a Generous Gift that He sent Me last Year....I went to the Post Office one day last Fall and there was a big Package there for Me...and I wasn't expecting anything....so when I opened it and found like 2 dozen Tonkin Boo Shafts.....I was a Happy Hunter.....I thought now all I need to do is learn how to Knapp and fletch...and build self nocks....gee what a Pal this Guy is....laying all this Crap on Me!!!!! >:D
Well here are some stats on the Knife...its only 6 inches long...the Blade is 2 3/4" long...it is made from a Stainlees Steel Pump Base Shim...with Mon el Steel Pins....the cool thing about this little Bugger is that the Handle is from a Buffalo Bone that I acquired at a Buffalo Drop here in the Panhandle on Private Land ....so this Knife has some Good Medicine for a Hunter built right in!! I made the Sheath out of 7-8 ounce Bullhide...I tooled it on both side with a different pattern on each....then wet shaped it to a terribly tight fit...so the knife will not fall out....and then Dyed it and sealed it with Super Sheen....it is hard as rock and should hold it's shape through anything short of soaking it overnight in the sink!!
I hope that the Recipient of this little Gem will be happy to have it....and will ember Me next time He has an abundance of any other Primitive Wares!!! I am hoping to meet Him at the Classic this Spring...and maybe get some good lessons on how to make Boo Arrows that fly worth a Crap....cause mine sure don't!!!
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woodsman1031:
An Awsome knife!!!!, and an even better gesture.
Tommy
sailordad:
thats a sweet knife Mike, thats was my first thoughts when i seen this one.
your skill in knife making has excelled a great distance in a short time. ;)
peace,
tim
El Destructo:
Thanks Guys.....but I have a lot to learn about Buffing yet....they look pretty good...but the Camera don't lie!!! When I can see in one to shave with another....then they will be good!!!
I'll tell you what....this 100+ year old Bone is something to work with....I don't know how the Pro's do it....but I soaked it in Industrial Strength Cyanoacrylate Glue to fill all the Cracks and try to stabilize the Bone itself....man does that stuff burn your eyes!!!! Even after it has dried and you are sanding it off....wear a Respirator please....between the Bone Dust and the Vapors from the sanded off Glue...it will choke you down fast!!
sailordad:
mike do you do that hollow ground bevel on your belt sander or bench grinder?
how do you manage to get it so even side to side?
next time i cut blanks for hunting knives i am cutting an extra just to practice that on
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