I stopped in at the local lumber mill to check out some bow wood and the man really hooked me up. When I asked him how much for the wood, he said not to worry about it. I figured the best I could do is give him a knife out of some the wood he gave me. I ended up making one for him and one for his sawyer who also gave me some really nice osage and walnut in the past.
The first knife is walnut crotch with cherry burl and the second is walnut crotch with osage.
The only thing left to do is polish up the blades and make the sheath.
Thank you all for your help and thanks for looking!
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Beautiful work with some beautiful native wood.
Those are awesome! Nice gesture to return the favor.
There both very nice but I really like the one with Osage
Boy, that walnut/cherry handle is a beautiful combination! Very early American in style!
Beautiful work. My favorite is the walnut/cherry.
Allan
Both very attractive knives, nice work!
Steve
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Potomac Forge
Very nice, indeed. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
good job. nice lines and use of accent woods.
that osage blade is the winner for me that a very useful blade to. would work great for skinning beaver!