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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: DanaM on September 28, 2008, 02:29:48 pm

Title: 1st Stone Knife and Birch Bark Sheath
Post by: DanaM on September 28, 2008, 02:29:48 pm

A few weeks after returning home from the Tenn Classic I was going through my knapping stuff and found a preform in my bucket.
How it got there I have no idea but my thanks to whoever :) I think its Cowboy flint. I had to do some percussion work to thisn it some
and then finished it up with pressure flaking. Hafted to elk antler with gut and a few coats of true oil. The sheath was more work than the
blade. As much as I would like to keep this I will be sending it out as part of the KITH :) Hope someone likes it as much as I do.

The pic with the pat is Bo's first bird, for those that don't know Bo is one of Pappy's dog Hannahs' pups. This was his first flush and I managed to shoot
it on the wing. Bo even fetched him, didn't want to give it to me but he did retrieve it :)

(http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh270/DanaMont/Knapping/IMG_2425.jpg)

(http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh270/DanaMont/Knapping/IMG_2424.jpg)

(http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh270/DanaMont/Knapping/IMG_2426.jpg)

Title: Re: 1st Stone Knife and Birch Bark Sheath
Post by: Otoe Bow on September 28, 2008, 03:12:40 pm

Dana:  That's awesome.  Great job on the knife and congrats on the wingshot.  I love the bird hunting.  Unfortunately one more thing that I have too little time for.

Mike

Title: Re: 1st Stone Knife and Birch Bark Sheath
Post by: FlintWalker on September 28, 2008, 10:04:07 pm

The knife and sheath look awesome, but that grouse looks DELICIOUS!!! ;D
  Great job on all three!

Title: Re: 1st Stone Knife and Birch Bark Sheath
Post by: Hillbilly on September 29, 2008, 10:09:16 pm

Sweet! Nice knife, and the sheath looks great. So does the grouse (funny, you call 'em partridges-the old timers around here call 'em pheasants and call quail partridges.) Those suckers are some good eating. We used to have scads of them around here, but I haven't seen hardly any in the last three or four years.

Title: Re: 1st Stone Knife and Birch Bark Sheath
Post by: ricktrojanowski on September 30, 2008, 05:58:30 am

Great looking knife.  Yummy Pat ;D

Title: Re: 1st Stone Knife and Birch Bark Sheath
Post by: Pappy on September 30, 2008, 08:42:24 am

Beautiful Knife Dan,well done. :)
   Pappy

Title: Re: 1st Stone Knife and Birch Bark Sheath
Post by: DanaM on September 30, 2008, 10:39:26 am

Thanks guys :)

Pappy whos Dan ;) :D

Title: Re: 1st Stone Knife and Birch Bark Sheath
Post by: cowboy on September 30, 2008, 02:45:42 pm

Just found this Dana - been huntin :). Good lookin knife and beautiful sheath! That appears to be some of that hard stuff but can't really tell - might of fell in there during one of those late nights in the pit ;D.

Title: Re: 1st Stone Knife and Birch Bark Sheath
Post by: Dingleberry on September 30, 2008, 04:19:37 pm

Nice knife Dana.  It looks very deadly. :o

Title: Re: 1st Stone Knife and Birch Bark Sheath
Post by: n2everythg on September 30, 2008, 05:04:36 pm

very nice knife dana and that bird looks like gooooood eating.
n2

Title: Re: 1st Stone Knife and Birch Bark Sheath
Post by: leapingbare on October 01, 2008, 09:55:02 pm

Lol i just seen the knife, thats the K.S flint i brought in, i remember sticking that in your bucket when you wer not looking. ;D
 Sometimes i get in a bi-face mood and dont ever finish them, maby thats why i got a ton of unfinished bi-faces laying around here.

Title: Re: 1st Stone Knife and Birch Bark Sheath
Post by: hawkbow on October 01, 2008, 10:10:18 pm

nice knife brother, and some good eating grouse too ;D... sounds like a good dog to boot.. HAWK

Title: Re: 1st Stone Knife and Birch Bark Sheath
Post by: El Destructo on October 01, 2008, 10:12:29 pm

Now all you need is about 4 more Pats....and you da Wife and Daughter can have a meal!!! Hey....nice lookin Knife too.....like da Gut Idea.. ;)

Title: Re: 1st Stone Knife and Birch Bark Sheath
Post by: DanaM on October 02, 2008, 10:37:42 am

Kansas flint eh, thats good to know. My thanks for the preform now when do I get a refill :D

Title: Re: 1st Stone Knife and Birch Bark Sheath
Post by: Pat B on October 02, 2008, 12:34:40 pm

Nice work Dana. I really like the birch bark sheath.     Pat

Title: Re: 1st Stone Knife and Birch Bark Sheath
Post by: DanaM on October 02, 2008, 01:53:22 pm

Thanks Pat, the sheath was more work than the knife.

Title: Re: 1st Stone Knife and Birch Bark Sheath
Post by: GregB on October 02, 2008, 02:20:04 pm

Great looking knife and sheath Dana. I like the pic with them displayed with your partridge. I added it to my screen-saver on my pc... ;)

Title: Re: 1st Stone Knife and Birch Bark Sheath
Post by: DanaM on October 02, 2008, 02:30:33 pm

Thats cool Greg :)

Title: Re: 1st Stone Knife and Birch Bark Sheath
Post by: JackCrafty on October 02, 2008, 05:10:47 pm

Agree with GregB, that pic with the grouse is very cool. Love the birch bark. ;D

Title: Re: 1st Stone Knife and Birch Bark Sheath
Post by: El Destructo on October 02, 2008, 08:54:27 pm

Now go and cut your teeth on some of that Alibates I gave you......

Title: Re: 1st Stone Knife and Birch Bark Sheath
Post by: DanaM on October 02, 2008, 08:57:53 pm

Quote from: El Destructo on October 02, 2008, 08:54:27 pm

Now go and cut your teeth on some of that Alibates I gave you......

I will get to it Mike, I will most likely make a pile pretty gravel but who knows maybe I will get something from it.
Time is my biggest problem right now, I don't have any :(