Potomac Forge Leg Bone Frontier Knife

[Steve Nuckels]

I like the primitive/period projects, can you tell?
Finished this Frontier style knife and sheath, interesting project.  The blade is 3 3/4', 7 3/4" OAL. Old saw mill blade I edge quenched and etched the blade with vineager. Handle is a deer leg bone I stained & sealed, textured copper ferrule with Fox squirrel rawhide wrapping. The frontier style sheaths take almost three times longer to make than a tooled leather one, I used deer rawhide with brass spots and copper tacks around the sheath edge, copper cones with horse hair and bone beads.  The concho is a slice of deer antler and textured copper.  The belt loop has Rattlesnake skin accent.  
A bunch of critter parts on this project.

 
 
 

Steve
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Potomac Forge
Member, W.F. Moran Museum & Foundation
ABS AP

[Bladepeek]

Wow. You're really on a roll.

Yes, the fact you enjoy doing these shows!

[Kevin Evans]

It always has been about having fun!  
Good job buddy.  

[Bodork]

Now that's a cool knife!

[gables]

Excellent detail and execution. All elements come together in a very pleasing package.

[mater]

You really have to study that to get all the details. Great job.

[D.Ellis]

That's really cool. I have to ask, how did you texture the copper ferule?
Darcy  

[Steve Nuckels]

Thanks for the comments Guys!

Darcy, I bent the copper with my fingers then used some of my leather tools randomly to make impressions on the copper.  Or, used the tools first then bent the copper, can't really remember the order. Then used a propane tourch to heat the copper cherry red and quenched to get the rose color.  Used some Burchwood Casey Brass Black then rubbed with OOOO steel wool.

Hope that helps, and look forward to see how you use it.

Steve
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Potomac Forge
Member, W.F. Moran Museum & Foundation
ABS AP

[D.Ellis]

Thanks Steve, makes sense. I thought it might have been more complicated than that........ like some of the reticulated silver that Tai Goo has done.
Darcy