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Bear Knife *Update pg. 2*

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Bryce:
  So ive been working on this off and on for the last few month whenever i had some free time from work and fishing. Now that hunting seasin is just around the corner i wanted to get this project finished up so i could get a good amount of blood on it:)

  Once again i used File Steel, because..well its one of my favorite materials. its also fun making one tool into another tool.
hidden tang, and the weight is really nicely leveled out, but still forward. i put the pins behind the abalone hip inlay and behind the eyes.
anyways, i thought id show yall my new hunting knife.

  Made a plains sheath awhile back for my Caribou handle knife awhile back but i think that ill use it temporarily with this bear knife until i get a sheath made up for it.

  *File Steel
  *Roosevelt Elk Femur
  *Brass Powder
  *Abalone Shell
  *Aquamarine Gemstone 7mm (since i was born in march:)
  *Overall length 8"

Hawkdancer:
Nice work!
Hawkdancer

dylanholderman:
Now that’s a cool knife!
You say the handle is bone? How did you get it so glossy and warm looking? It looks like stone rather than bone.

Bryce:

--- Quote from: dylanholderman on October 12, 2020, 11:24:27 am ---Now that’s a cool knife!
You say the handle is bone? How did you get it so glossy and warm looking? It looks like stone rather than bone.

--- End quote ---

the negative spaces are sanded to 400 and the positive parts are sanded to 1000, then 0000 steel wool and then buffed with a small wool wheel for like a rotary tool. and there isnt a finish on it. though i might coat it with some food grade mineral oil, to keep the moisture out and to keep it from drying out or something. im not sure what kind of finish to use that wont chip or change the color of the material.

Trapper Rob:
Bryce did you do the carving?
It's a beautiful knife nice job

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