The National Wild Turkey Federation head quarters is in Edgefield the town just above Aiken. I was asked about a week ago to donate a knife for their auction. I said NO...but I'd try to forge a small neck knife using a turkey femur as I know there are a lot of turkey hunter here. The knife brought in $300 for NWTF and I've never done a knife from a bird bone before! I spent the last few days boiling turkey bones. Here is my start with a turkey femur overlaying a couple of my small knives to give the high bidder something to think about and choose their style of knife. What do y'all think? tippit
PS: Next time I'm going to ask for the turkey leg with meat still on the bone...that way I'll at least get some dinner :saywhat:
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I like the second one the best of the two. Balance looks better to my eyes.
Both look good to me, but for a neck knife I would go with the smaller blade. Neat stuff !! :thumbsup:
Quote from: ron w on August 05, 2020, 06:23:00 PM
Both look good to me, but for a neck knife I would go with the smaller blade. Neat stuff !! :thumbsup:
All your knives look fantastic Jeff. I agree with Ron on this statement.
Ray
The high bidder choose the shorter blade. I think it's a good choice given that the turkey bone is so much thinner than a deer or bear bone.
Both look great jeff. For a neck knife Ron is probably right but I think I'd be honored to give either a try. High bidder is a lucky dude
Interesting. Will the bone be filled with epoxy of some sort to give it more strength? :coffee:
Yes
Might look cool with a limbhanger sized spur coming off of the back of the knife.