I just finished up this little pig sticker. It's my first hidden tang. There's a few areas for improvement on it but all in all I'm pretty pleased with it.
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VERY NICE! :thumbsup:
Very shiny. Should do the job well!
Very nice Sir!
Sweet looking knife. Appreciate great craftsmanship.
Very nice work!
That is a beautiful knife! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Quote from: rastaman on July 08, 2022, 10:06:01 AM
That is a beautiful knife! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Quote from: Sam McMichael on July 08, 2022, 09:34:06 AM
Very nice work!
Quote from: 1Arrow1Kill on July 08, 2022, 09:03:07 AM
Sweet looking knife. Appreciate great craftsmanship.
Quote from: Basinboy on July 08, 2022, 08:56:05 AM
Very nice Sir!
Quote from: GCook on July 07, 2022, 11:37:53 PM
Very shiny. Should do the job well!
Quote from: arrow30 on July 07, 2022, 10:13:59 PM
VERY NICE! :thumbsup:
Thank y'all for the kind remarks.
Congratulations great looking knife
Congratulations on a good looking knife. What will you use for butt cap material? Nickel, Brass?
Very nice looking knife :thumbsup:
Quote from: kerry on July 09, 2022, 08:01:05 AM
Congratulations on a good looking knife. What will you use for butt cap material? Nickel, Brass?
I was asked to stabilize the pith and leave it without a metal butt cap so I filled all of the pith with CA glue until it was 100% solid, rounded it off in all directions, wet sanded it to 3000-grit, and buffed it. It looks really clean and is 100% solid. The tang extends to about 3/8" in front of the end of the handle so it's plenty strong.
I gotta like that one !!!
Nice to see it on here than my phone. :thumbsup:
FABULOUSO !
Quote from: Terry Green on July 09, 2022, 02:43:05 PM
Nice to see it on here than my phone. :thumbsup:
FABULOUSO !
Quote from: Tim Finley on July 09, 2022, 11:50:24 AM
I gotta like that one !!!
Thanks! I just got the sheath finished up tonight. Time to give that one off to it's rightful owner
Absolute stunner!!! :clapper: :clapper: :clapper:
That Sir, is indeed a pig sticker!
:campfire: :coffee: :archer2: :campfire:
That's a knife! Very well made
A lethal beauty....
Beautiful work, mate! Much nicer than the blue F Dicks you see everyone with down here.
And what a beautiful pig sticker it is Sir. Who ever is getting it will be very excited. A well finished knife like that is both a part of you and a reflection of you. I wish that I could swing a hammer again but probably not ever going to happen again. I do want to see the sheath when it is finished, The person will be showing it off to all of their friends as well as others. Not very many times is a knife maker that has much experience totally happy with their creation, there is always something that you feel could have been better but most won't see anything wrong at all. Looks pretty darn awesome to me.
Quote from: Skates 2 on July 11, 2022, 03:34:30 PM
Absolute stunner!!! :clapper: :clapper: :clapper:
Quote from: Wudstix on July 20, 2022, 08:07:29 PM
That Sir, is indeed a pig sticker!
:campfire: :coffee: :archer2: :campfire:
Quote from: cacciatore on July 21, 2022, 03:30:30 AM
That's a knife! Very well made
Quote from: Friend on July 22, 2022, 02:13:00 AM
A lethal beauty....
Quote from: Wilderlife on July 23, 2022, 05:53:59 PM
Beautiful work, mate! Much nicer than the blue F Dicks you see everyone with down here.
Quote from: Wudstix on July 20, 2022, 08:07:29 PM
That Sir, is indeed a pig sticker!
:campfire: :coffee: :archer2: :campfire:
Thank you all.
Quote from: tradslinger on July 23, 2022, 07:15:19 PM
And what a beautiful pig sticker it is Sir. Who ever is getting it will be very excited. A well finished knife like that is both a part of you and a reflection of you. I wish that I could swing a hammer again but probably not ever going to happen again. I do want to see the sheath when it is finished, The person will be showing it off to all of their friends as well as others. Not very many times is a knife maker that has much experience totally happy with their creation, there is always something that you feel could have been better but most won't see anything wrong at all. Looks pretty darn awesome to me.
There are a couple of things that I do wish I had done better but alas I'm human and don't do perfect work. I just strive for the best that I can and learn with each piece. The leather on this one was a simple sheath. It's fully lined with veg tan so there is smooth leather against the blade. I gave it a Sam Brown stud for ease of carry on such a beastly blade and stitched it up with red thread to compliment the red spacer under the guard.
I was asked for the sheath to be something simple and well made but not flashy or fancy.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cf1b1jGO3Bk/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Ah but simple is clean and graceful, like a good stickbow. Nothing shabby about the sheath or the combo. Leather was always a weakness for me, I was never happy with my work. You could it functioned great but not so great on looks. Yours looks mighty fine to me
Quote from: tradslinger on July 24, 2022, 03:25:11 PM
Ah but simple is clean and graceful, like a good stickbow. Nothing shabby about the sheath or the combo. Leather was always a weakness for me, I was never happy with my work. You could it functioned great but not so great on looks. Yours looks mighty fine to me
Leather is a whole other set of tools and skills. I understand why a LOT of knife makers shy away from it and just develop a relationship with a local leather worker. The thing about it that bugs me the most is leather really needs a CLEAN shop space to work in and there is nothing clean about a knife shop. Being in a one room shop makes me go through and have to clean everything and shut down the knife work to get a sheath done. It's kind of disruptive but it is what it is. I do fancier leather too sometimes like this elkskin lined crossdraw sheath with tooling...
https://www.instagram.com/p/CgX6oSHMzPh/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
That is an absolutely gorgeous blade. For me I would prefer a slight bit more finger guard for a pig sticker.
Boy that looks great.
Rich K.