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coyote scat treasure
Pat B:
On another one of my evening walks I came across a pile of old(bleached out) coyote scat and to my amazement this 4"+ section of deer leg bone was part of the pile. :o Well, I couldn't just let it lay there so I picked it up(by the clean end ;) ) with thoughts of making a knife handle with my new found treasure(one mans treasure.... ;D)
At the Tenn Classic, while watching some of the knappers work I asked Barry McCall if he would make me a blade for the coyote scat handle. Barry reached into his bag of tricks and pulled out this nice (3 3/4"x1") rhyolite blade and handed it to me. Barry and I have been trading partners for years and we never kept score so we both give freely to each other. 8)
Well, last night I went to work on hafting the blade to the handle and this is what I came up with. The construction methods were not all primitive but neither am I ;D OK no comments from the peanut gallery! >:( After slotting the bone with a band saw I used files and rasps to fit the blade and handle together. I did boil the bone for about 30 minutes and then with the use of pitch glue, sinew and hide glue hafted them into this knife. Enjoy! Pat
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huntertrapper:
awesome, im sure the coyote really enjoyed the poopin it out part.. ;D them things will eat anything, like dogs they just woof it down.
Hillbilly:
Pat, that's super-dooper cool. :) Hard to get much more medicine than that into a knife handle. Those 'yotes must have a tough digestive system.
El Destructo:
--- Quote from: Hillbilly on May 10, 2008, 01:31:58 pm ---Pat, that's super-dooper cool. :) Hard to get much more medicine than that into a knife handle. Those 'yotes must have a tough digestive system.
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And an even Tougher Bung Hole!!!!!!!!! Nice knife Pat.....one Dogs Scat is another Mans Treasure....aint that right DANA!!!!
;D
DanaM:
Yea Mike dats right ;) I'm still looking for a diamond ring here at work. ::)
Nice knife Pat, Barry is quite the guy sure am glad I got a chance to meet him.
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