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Main Discussion Area => Primitive Skills => Topic started by: DirtyDan on July 16, 2007, 09:54:56 am

Title: coral blade, buffalo handle knife
Post by: DirtyDan on July 16, 2007, 09:54:56 am

This is a knife and sheath that I recently made.  I am trying to learn how to put pictures on the board that Pappy can see.  See if this one works.  I knapped the blade from some beautiful agatized coral and hafted it with elk sinew into an Asian water buffalo horn handle.  I made the sheath from goat rawhide covered with black deerskin and sewn with artificial sinew.

Dan Spier

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Title: Re: coral blade, buffalo handle knife
Post by: Hillbilly on July 16, 2007, 11:32:35 am

Awesome. Fine looking knife. What's the silver detail in the hafting?

Title: Re: coral blade, buffalo handle knife
Post by: DanaM on July 16, 2007, 11:47:11 am

Stunning, incredible, beautiful ;D

Title: Re: coral blade, buffalo handle knife
Post by: Pappy on July 16, 2007, 12:21:41 pm

O YA I can see that Dan.That is very nice.You show some hidden talent. :)
   Pappy

Title: Re: coral blade, buffalo handle knife
Post by: GregB on July 16, 2007, 02:21:19 pm

Extremely nice!

Title: Re: coral blade, buffalo handle knife
Post by: DirtyDan on July 16, 2007, 03:00:15 pm

Hillbilly,
     That looks like silver--and I wish it was--but it is only white acrylic paint over the sinew.

Dan

Title: Re: coral blade, buffalo handle knife
Post by: mullet on July 16, 2007, 08:18:06 pm

  It looks really good Dan,How do you like that coral?Did you heat treat it or is that raw?

Title: Re: coral blade, buffalo handle knife
Post by: DirtyDan on July 16, 2007, 08:35:24 pm

Mullet,  it is heat treated.  I bought it from a guy in Alabama.  I think he gets it in Florida and heat treats it.  It is very easy work.  It is similar to Burlington, but a little stronger, I think.

Dan

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Title: Re: coral blade, buffalo handle knife
Post by: mullet on July 16, 2007, 08:43:41 pm

    It look's like some of the white I get not far from the house.You sure did it justice.

Title: Re: coral blade, buffalo handle knife
Post by: cowboy on July 17, 2007, 12:58:14 am

Dan -  you got it goin on man, that's nice!

Title: Re: coral blade, buffalo handle knife
Post by: Pat B on July 17, 2007, 01:03:30 am

Nice work Dan. It has a sinister look! 8) The contrast between the blade and handle is striking!    Pat

Title: Re: coral blade, buffalo handle knife
Post by: Marc St Louis on July 17, 2007, 08:49:32 am

Very striking. Well done