At the risk of sounding overly sentimental, I offer my story...

Years back I lost my Grandpop, a man I held in very high esteem, as he lived in the house across the street from mine while I was growing up.  Pop took me places to fish and taught me much about a work ethic.  Pop's final lesson he taught me was about the pain of loosing a loved one, as he was the first death that really floored me.  He was a machinist by trade and in his retirement, during those last puttering years in a man's life he fashioned a knife out of an old Mill Bastard file.  I still have that knife and man can it keep an edge.

Last March I lost my Dad.  Of the very few items that Dad passed on to me was a Swedish knife under the brand name of Mora.  It's a fine knife with excellent steel material.

GrandPop and Dad were partners in keeping me raised on the straight and narrow while I was growing up.  I'd like to see both those knives together as partners, by my side as both men used to be when I was a kid.

Both of these knives are of different blade styles and both have beat up wooden handles.  I'd like to make a matched set of them by re-gripping with Elk or Deer antler.  And I'd like to have a leather sheath made to contain both knives in.  

My question to the Trad Gangsters is as follows:  Are there any of you knife makers out there willing to adopt my little project of re-gripping a couple of belt knives with horn/antler and fashioning a stout leather shealth to house my treasures?  

There are alot of guys better than me at this, but I'd be honored to do this for you Mike. I have alot of different handle materials. I have some old Mule deer antlers that belonged to my Dad, and when he passed in 1999, they were given to me. Those might me a fitting handle to your Dad and Grand dad's knives. Pm me if you're interested.

Post some pics of the knives so we can see what we are dealing with.

Would have loved to take this one on for you Mike but that Osage man is something to beat!        

I miss my dad so much and sentiment like this is a blessing to my heart!