copperhead neck knife

[snakewood3]

Blade forged by tradganger Ben Tendick. Hafted to proximal phalanx bone with Vantico structural epoxy, over wrapped with Woodchuck rawhide, rawhide coated with West epoxy.
Rawhide sheath with buckskin lining and wrap. Sewn and laced with doubled copper wire. Triple braided wrist thong with copper adjuster.

[kansas stik man]

thats really cool.... what kinda steel is the blade? and what animal do the bones for the handles come from?

[srtben]

Wow, that came out very nice, I am a sucker for snakeskin and copper though!!

The steel is Uddeholm 15n20 (very tough stuff),
and I believe the bone is a deer foot bone?
Just to clarify, my blades are stock removal,
and heat treated in a forge.

Originally posted by kansas stik man:
thats really cool.... what kinda steel is the blade? and what animal do the bones for the handles come from?

[snakewood3]

Thanks Ben, yes the bone is a deer toe bone.

[Scott Teaschner]

Where is the model wearing the knife? I think your sales will go up with her!

[Rusty Snuffers]

Neat little knife and I love the sheath.  How did you attach/secure the copperhead skin?  I assume it's only "decoration" attached to thicker rawhide backing?

Rusty

[GRAYBEARD]

I think you taught Scott something about merchandising and display techniques!
Cool sheath work!

[Steve Nuckels]

Very Creative in every sense!

I'm liking it!

Steve
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[skullworks]

That is an incredible package!!!!

[DANA HOLMAN]

Nice work.
Dana

[StoneAK]

very nice work I love the skin and the blade

[toppredator]

That is one of the coolest looking neck knives I've ever seen.  The knife, the sheath, everything is top notch.  Very nice job, you should be very proud, TRW.

[2crazy2run]

Awesome setup!