And I thought it would be nice to give all our friends on Trad Gang a first peak at Dad's very special Father's Day gift. I only hope he's not lurking around here this evening, cause I'm about to let the cat outta the bag!
I had to beg, threaten, sweet-talk and cajole Mike and Jason into designing and producing this exquisite one-of-a-kind Helle knife kit to match Dad's new Bushwacker!
(http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e235/mccallt/dad-helle.jpg)
It features the Helle Harding blade and a Cocobola and Osage handle. In the end the handle ended up costing more than the knife, but I think it's well worth it! What do you all think?
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I think you post pictures of the finished knife! What a great gift! That handle is going to be very pretty and he will be proud to own it.
My new Bushwacker is a sister-bow to Dad's, his features Coco and Osage, mine has Coco and Yew. So naturally I had Mike make sister handle blanks as well (this is getting expensive $$$) and I've already started shooting the pictures for a build-a-long on mine. That will be coming up as soon as I can get some more time and elbow grease into this project!
Looks like it will be well worth the money & the time. Congrats to you both, nice lookin' hardware. :thumbsup:
It is gorgeous Tony! Can't wait...I'm so excited for him! :)
congrats to your Dad, i think he will be enjoy his gift.
Oh My Gosh!!! :bigsmyl: What a surprize. :D Tony and I are doing a 3D shoot today, hope he brings it along then so I can put my hands on it. :help: it will be prefect.
That is gonna be a sweet knife.<><
SWEET! :saywhat: what a super gift that he will cherish forever.
if you have enough left over for another handle send it this way. i can already tell this is going to be one awesome looking knife.
Oops... We've been caught! :bigsmyl:
Happy Father's Day Dad!
COOL!!!
SWEET!
Ferret I may need a lot of help in doing this handle. Are you up to it???
Talked with both Tony's today while driving back from Compton. Looks like we pulled off a good Father's day suprise.
Mike
Just about finished with knife. Will be posting results very soon. Maybe tomorrow.
I've seen some of the prelim shots of this. Can't wait to see the finished knife. Special indeed!