Built these for tatersalad and his son as momentos of their sucessful Black bear hunt together. They are made from the femur bone of the bear tatersalad killed with his recurve. His son took a B&C as well with a rifle.
It's a been a great privilege to make these. Ben Tendick made the blades, I hafted them and made the sheaths. I did the turquiose fill on the claws as well.
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So Cool!
Nice job again Charles.
Chuck
Great job on those!!!!
That's some nice work for sure. I'd be proud to own one of those.
Thanks all !
Beautiful work Charles. They should be very proud to have such nice momentos of their hunt.
Nice work Snakewood!
Where do you get the Beaver Tail for your sheaths?
Steve
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Potomac Forge
Wow Charles, those really came out fantastic! I think those are by far the nicest sheaths I have seen from you yet. I am glad to have been a small part of this project, and look forward to future collaborations.
Steve, Thanks, Moscow hide and fur usually.
Ben, as always, a real pleasure working with you and I will be getting some more of your fine blades soon. I don't think my pic's do your work justice, particularly the filework.
Very nice Chuck
Extremely nice work! What great mementos of their hunt! Jon
Charles and Ben
Thanks again for your beatuiful work on these knives. You've created a family keepsake that will be handed down for generations to come. I'll send pics of the knives in use.
Take care.
Michael
Very nice. The detail on those sheaths and handles are awesome.
Gilbert
Way cool, nice work!
very cool stuffy ther chucky, love how the look thrown together but are very well planed out and very solid as well. they will love those knives !
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks again for all the compliments !
Thats some cool ideas and nice work!!
Very nice. Great workmanship!!
Beautiful...
Beautiful...
You are a true artist...