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Offline RickB

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New Knives
« on: January 16, 2023, 09:19:49 pm »
Here's a few recent knives. The five on the right are the latest, the last two having been made in 2023. The second photo shows
a blade made from some very translucent agatized coral. Rock is obsidian, flint river, agatized coral. Handles are made from
Southern live oak, cedar and grape vine. One piece of cedar was a branch that had been chewed on by a beaver (third from the right).
I was able to keep all the teeth marks on the handle. The larger handles are 5" long and all knives are bound with artificial sinew.



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Offline ssrhythm

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Re: New Knives
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2023, 11:09:57 pm »
Beautiful work!

Offline Allyn T

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Re: New Knives
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2023, 06:48:08 am »
Wow those look fantastic Rick! Love the flake scars
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Offline Trapper Rob

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Re: New Knives
« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2023, 07:12:58 pm »
Those are nice

Offline M2A

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Re: New Knives
« Reply #4 on: January 19, 2023, 06:39:31 am »
Fancy stuff. Nice long looking flake scars. Liking those handles. All around great looking work.
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Re: New Knives
« Reply #5 on: January 20, 2023, 09:56:28 am »
Very nice RickB

They all look great but I really like the beaver chew stick handle.

Like the Agatized coral. I would like to get some more of that.

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Offline Deerhunter21

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Re: New Knives
« Reply #6 on: January 20, 2023, 03:05:03 pm »
Wow, those are some sweet knives! I love the middle two's handles! very pretty!
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Offline RickB

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Re: New Knives
« Reply #7 on: January 21, 2023, 08:19:14 pm »
Thanks for the comments. Here's some gnarly cedar limbs that I found along the coast on the last trip - all destined to become knife
handles one day. The cedars grow behind the sand dunes along the South Carolina coast and are very prolific. I look for the dead
fallen branches that have some character with the twists, turns and insect activity. Photo of the limbs as I found them and after I cut
and trimmed them down to knife handle size. There are a few that I've cleaned up and stained with a natural oil based stain. I do it
all by hand and get a light gloss on the wood with up to a 1,000 grit sand paper before staining them.





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Re: New Knives
« Reply #8 on: January 22, 2023, 12:43:59 pm »
I'm not seeing any of your pics.
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Re: New Knives
« Reply #9 on: January 22, 2023, 09:16:17 pm »
I see them all
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Re: New Knives
« Reply #10 on: February 05, 2023, 07:58:27 pm »
 Those are some good looking knives, Rick. You have me looking at all of the cedar on the property now. Are you still living in Georgia?
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Re: New Knives
« Reply #11 on: February 06, 2023, 07:51:03 pm »
Those are some good looking knives, Rick. You have me looking at all of the cedar on the property now. Are you still living in Georgia?

Eddie, we live in Columbia SC. but go down to GA several times a year. We camp at several coastal state parks along the SC coast. That hurricane
damaged and wind twisted cedar limbs make a great knife handle. I had someone ask me what kind of antler handle that last photo was. I told
him that it was cedeer.

Offline GlisGlis

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Re: New Knives
« Reply #12 on: February 08, 2023, 01:54:44 pm »
they are so good !!
All the handles are very nice. It's difficult to pick a favourite
maybe the beaver chewed but they are all great  :OK

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Re: New Knives
« Reply #13 on: February 11, 2023, 01:18:43 pm »
Beautiful work, Rick!