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Main Discussion Area => Cave Men only "Oooga Booga" => Topic started by: lebhuntfish on October 19, 2015, 01:06:03 pm

Title: Artifact finally made it home.
Post by: lebhuntfish on October 19, 2015, 01:06:03 pm

A while back my good friend sleek gifted me a beautiful knapped knife artifact. He also included a piece of a deer leg bone from his first deer. And a bit of pine pitch. His hope was for me to assemble it and finally place the old stone in its home.

I had never attempted anything like that before.  But I was confident I could put it together. The other day while home on medical leave I decided I needed a project that wasn't physical and I could mainly sit down. So I pulled out all of the pieces and began.

First I needed to get the bone cleaned up. So I boiled it just like you do a eourapean style mount. Then after I got it all cleaned up and white as snow,  I let it cool completely.  Then I filed and fit the blade to the bone. There was a little sideways wiggle I didn't like so I trimmed some river cane down to help shim it up. Then heated the pitch over a candle and formed it to a nice smooth fit. Then I wrapped it with whitetail back sinew from a deer I killed a couple of years ago. I chewed the sinew till it was ready.
It looked ok, but the handle just stuck out. So I roughed it up some and held it over a candle that was smoking. I done this a couple of times, then wiped it all down. I got this nice grey/antique type look that I think is really cool. 

This is the first time I've done something like this and it was a really fun little project. I hope you guy's enjoy it as much as I did. I would like to see if anyone has any suggestions for a display stand or something like that. Thanks for looking.
Patrick

(http://i1335.photobucket.com/albums/w668/lebhuntfish1/Mobile%20Uploads/20151014_191432_zpsfpfthgi6.jpg) (http://s1335.photobucket.com/user/lebhuntfish1/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20151014_191432_zpsfpfthgi6.jpg.html)

Title: Re: Artifact finally made it home.
Post by: le0n on October 19, 2015, 01:56:57 pm

nice work, man.

good idea for the smoke staining too.

thanks for sharing this.

Title: Re: Artifact finally made it home.
Post by: lebhuntfish on October 19, 2015, 06:54:20 pm

Quote from: le0n on October 19, 2015, 01:56:57 pm

nice work, man.

good idea for the smoke staining too.

thanks for sharing this.

Thanks!
Patrick

Title: Re: Artifact finally made it home.
Post by: Spotted Dog on October 19, 2015, 06:58:19 pm

Good lookin. 

Title: Re: Artifact finally made it home.
Post by: lebhuntfish on October 19, 2015, 08:56:13 pm

Thank you.

Patrick

Title: Re: Artifact finally made it home.
Post by: riverrat on October 23, 2015, 11:57:13 pm

thats nice! nice bone handle will last forever.Tony

Title: Re: Artifact finally made it home.
Post by: lebhuntfish on October 24, 2015, 06:24:29 am

Thanks Tony!
Patrick

Title: Re: Artifact finally made it home.
Post by: Knoll on October 24, 2015, 09:25:59 am

Ya did yourself proud!

Title: Re: Artifact finally made it home.
Post by: lebhuntfish on October 25, 2015, 01:58:51 am

Thanks a bunch Mike!
Patrick

Title: Re: Artifact finally made it home.
Post by: Trapper Rob on October 30, 2015, 01:53:53 pm

You did one heck of a job on it.
Really like the way you made it look old.

Title: Re: Artifact finally made it home.
Post by: lebhuntfish on October 30, 2015, 04:50:00 pm

Thanks Rob I appreciate it bud!
Patrick

Title: Re: Artifact finally made it home.
Post by: TimPotter on January 03, 2016, 05:45:38 pm

That came out fantastic. If that is how your 1st time doing it turned out I can't wait to see what happens when you get your chops down. Bravo!

Title: Re: Artifact finally made it home.
Post by: lebhuntfish on January 04, 2016, 12:52:42 am

Thanks a bunch! It was a fun little project!
Patrick

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Post by: Thunder on January 14, 2016, 11:21:31 pm

Nice work, that's a good looking knife.

Thunder

Title: Re: Artifact finally made it home.
Post by: lebhuntfish on January 15, 2016, 05:15:13 am

Thanks thunder!
Patrick

Title: Re: Artifact finally made it home.
Post by: Will B on June 07, 2016, 03:34:07 pm

That is a great piece.  I would like to try something like that.  Nicely done and thanks for sharing Patrick. 

Title: Re: Artifact finally made it home.
Post by: lebhuntfish on June 08, 2016, 12:02:15 am

Thanks Will,  it was fun and surprisingly simple.

Patrick

Title: Re: Artifact finally made it home.
Post by: Pappy on June 30, 2016, 05:26:02 am

Got to love that, very nice work Patrick. :)
 Pappy

Title: Re: Artifact finally made it home.
Post by: sleek on June 30, 2016, 06:48:46 am

Man I forgot about this. I love it pat. I know its been almost a year, but still, looks amazing. Ever get a stand made up for it?

Title: Re: Artifact finally made it home.
Post by: lebhuntfish on June 30, 2016, 07:37:33 am

Thanks Pappy!
Thanks Kevin,  no I never did.

Patrick