I've been lurking here for quite some time and post occasionally, but have never posted any pictures of my work because I've just been too lazy to figure out how. Well, I decided to get over the laziness and get it done. Here is a hunter I made for one of my wife's first cousins. The blade was ground from an old Black Diamond file that belonged to their grandfather. The handle is from a whitetail shed. The guard is white bronze, and the pin is from a bronze brazing rod. Now I've got to build a light box and learn how to take decent pictures! Thanks for looking!
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Nice , I really like the sculpting on the guard.
knife is nice but that sheath your covering up looks great! i think leather work is over looked. its tough to get a finished product like that. good work.
Nice work!
Thanks, guys! JD, the sheath turned out pretty good, but I struggle with leather working most of the time. Got kind of lucky on that one.
Todd, great looking knife and sheath!
Have you considered dyeing the antler? I think it improves the look of the antler, especially with that sheath!
Steve
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Potomac Forge
Looks great. All elements look good. Excellent job on that guard.
Steve, I don't usually dye antler, although I agree that it might look better brown. I generally just leave it whatever color it is when I get it. If I run across another bleached out shed, I might try my hand at dying it.I've read about other folks doing it with leather dye or potassium permangenate.