I had a hidden tang knife blade laying around. It is 420 stainless steel and now that I got my hands on some elk antler, I could not wait to make this knife.
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WOW that's one great looking knife.
:eek: wow thats a great looking knife i gotta learn how to do this... awesome
excellent job. that is one fine looking knife. How did you treat/polish the antler to get it to look like that??
Very, very nice!!
Awesome!
sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet
hey way to go nice knife :thumbsup:
How much TMD
My son just got his hunting license....
Would be a hunting knife for life..
Your very kind for offer to purchase this knife Kinstaken but I have never sold a knife that I have made. I may at some point.
rxhntr, This antler was naturally brown I just sanded it down to expose some of the white. I then gave it a spray of lacquer.
Very Nice! Would you mind sharing the steps to make and install the brass cap on the end of the handle? Again, nice work.
Another nice one Ron ! Gotta love those gut hooks
Oh yea! Very nice indeed! Thanks for the build along pics. Mike
Aggie1003, I used two brass pins. I drilled two holes in the brass end cap and two in the back of the antler base, It is all held together with an industrial epoxy with a holding strength of 3500 psi.
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