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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: Josh on July 10, 2011, 06:34:12 pm

Title: Coral Neck Knife
Post by: Josh on July 10, 2011, 06:34:12 pm

My buddy Erik (Snakeman) knapped me this blade from a piece of coral Eddie (Mullet) sent me in a trade.  I hafted the blade on an antler tine I had laying around and made the neck sheath for it.  Blade is mounted with pitch and sinew.  I am really proud of this one and I am trying to get Erik to teach me to knap my own blades.  Thanks Eddie for the coral.  We heat treated a little bit of it under a campfire last weekend and it knaps waaaaay better after the heat treating.  Thanks for looking guys.  :) :)

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Title: Re: Coral Neck Knife
Post by: Josh on July 10, 2011, 06:35:51 pm

LOL I'm gonna wear my knife to work tomorrow, I wonder how well it is gonna go with black scrubs?   ;D ;D ;D  Can't wait to see what my co-workers say.  They already think I am a little off anyhow...  :)

Title: Re: Coral Neck Knife
Post by: mullet on July 10, 2011, 09:57:35 pm

 That's a cute one. And yea, raw coral is no fun compared to heat treated coral :).

Title: Re: Coral Neck Knife
Post by: cowboy on July 11, 2011, 02:18:32 am

Amazing what a little heat will do. Cool knife Josh..

Title: Re: Coral Neck Knife
Post by: jamie on July 11, 2011, 07:45:39 am

very well done.

Title: Re: Coral Neck Knife
Post by: Tower on July 11, 2011, 10:38:09 am

Sweet.

Title: Re: Coral Neck Knife
Post by: Josh on July 11, 2011, 06:05:01 pm

thanks guys.  :)

Title: Re: Coral Neck Knife
Post by: Bill Skinner on July 14, 2011, 06:03:09 pm

Be careful, along with bow making and flute making, you will end up with another hobby...and this one can get real expensive, real fast.  Or, how fast can I turn a 5 gallon bucket of pretty rock that I just paid XXX dollars for into fishtank gravel?  Except I got a heck of a deal on EIGHT buckets...I think I got 10 or 15 points out of them.  Small points.  Real SMALL points.  You coming to Moundville this weekend or going to MOJAM?  Bill   

Title: Re: Coral Neck Knife
Post by: Josh on July 14, 2011, 06:20:53 pm

Thanks Bill! :)  Me and Erik are gonna be at Moundville Sat. Morning... Are you gonna be there? 

Title: Re: Coral Neck Knife
Post by: Josh on July 14, 2011, 06:22:45 pm

did you see Erik's slab mahogany obsidian knife a few topics down?  It turned out pretty dang nice. :)

Title: Re: Coral Neck Knife
Post by: ken75 on July 15, 2011, 12:58:44 am

wow thats a really nice.......holy crap be careful Josh theres something on your chin  >:D


beautiful point !!, ya gotta get to knappin we all need another hobby

Title: Re: Coral Neck Knife
Post by: Josh on July 15, 2011, 01:18:10 am

dontcha have a red oak bow you need to be working on or somethin ken instead of picking on me an my goatee?!?  ;D ;D  if i get any more habits err....hobbies i think its gonna start cutting in on my sleeping time.  ;D

Title: Re: Coral Neck Knife
Post by: Sparrow on July 15, 2011, 01:47:57 am

Sweet looking knife ! Good work.  '  Frank

Title: Re: Coral Neck Knife
Post by: Bill Skinner on July 15, 2011, 02:00:28 am

I plan to be there all three days.  A guy wants to film me cutting down a tree with a pecked and ground ax.  That ought to be worth a few laughs.  Bill

Title: Re: Coral Neck Knife
Post by: Josh on July 15, 2011, 02:02:24 am

cool!  I wanna watch that too.  See ya there Bill.  :)

thanks frank!

Title: Re: Coral Neck Knife
Post by: Bill Skinner on July 15, 2011, 02:23:44 am

I don't suppose I could talk you and Eric into actually doing the chopping?  You guys are young and strong and I am old and scrawny and  decrepid.  Bill

Title: Re: Coral Neck Knife
Post by: Josh on July 15, 2011, 02:28:47 am

not too young,LOL.:):)  you could probably chop circles around me anyhow.  ;D