bloodthirsy knife!

[Bodork]

All I had to do was bore the holes in the tang a little bigger to accomodate the mosaic pins I had just fashioned........

 Here is a nice little skinner I just finished. I bought the damascus blade from Texas knife. It has the voodoo pattern.
 
The handle is ebony and rosewood dymondwood.
 
I made the mosaic pins with some brass tubing from hobby lobby, some 18 gauge copper wire, and a piece of steel from a marking flag.
 
I tried to do some fancy curves where the ebony and rosewood meet. Came out pretty nice.
 

Now the rest of the story:

Last Sunday(8-3)I was boring the holes in the tang for my mosaic pins when this knife almost got the best of me. I was holding the knife firmly on a piece of pine on my drill press with my left hand. The cutting edge was facing away from me. I was pulling the handle down with my right hand with slow, steady pressure to bore the hole out. Suddenly, the bit hung in the hole and the blade turned into a mini propeller on my drill press. The cutting edge whirled around and hit my left hand before I knew the bit had hung. I instinctivley turned the drill press off and grabbed my left hand with my right. When I moved my right hand and opened my left to see the damaged finger tips, I knew I had screwed up BAD!
I lost my entire finger pad on my ring finger and a slice right above my ring. My middle finger only lost about 1/4 of the pad. My index finger was cut deeply and required 6 stiches.
I've drilled holes many times before this way but you can bet from now on I will be holding my stock in place with a clamp.
Here is a picture of it. Beware, It's pretty graphic! I'll try to leave some blank space so you have to scroll down on purpose to view it.

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[MYSTIKBOW]

       

[sticshooter]

BRO..BRO..BRO... TAPE ..TAPE..TAPE THE BLADE. SHELL AND I WILL BE DOWN TO KICK YOU BEHIND. OUCH!!!! I have had that almost happen to me more then a few times. tape tape tape the blade!!!!! Keep us posted bro and heal fast. One more thing. Ya better send that knife to me so I can dispose of it proper for ya.<><

[Mark N]

Imagine the carnage if it had been sharp!!! Or maybe you shouldn't.

[Mark N]

I do love that handle. Very nicely done.

[theunluckyhunter]

TAPE THAT SUCKER. i drill my holes after grinding the blade, and always tape it andhave the spine facing the way the drill bit is spinning. i have had it catch several times and it has probably saved me losin a finger or two.

[Leftieshot]

OH yeah, thats pretty!  Like Stic said, TAPE TAPE TAPE!!!!

[JEFF B]

man that is one awesome knife but hell!! clamp the sucker next time                you were lucky for sure take care and heal quick

[skullworks]

Great looking knife! OUCH!!!! Been there done that!!!! Mine caught the web of my hand between the small and ring finger. Almost exactly the same circumstances. TAPE,TAPE,TAPE! I always tape mine now...first thing!!! Keep it clean and I hope it gets well soon!!!!

[Holm-Made]

Same thing happened to me this summer but after a few rotations the knife let go and went flying across the shop.  About stomach high for an adult or face high for one of my kids.  Just lucky no one was in the way.      Great workmanship on the handle.  Chad

[onemississipp]

Great looking knife!

Clamp those things down, they still bust knuckles taped.

[theunluckyhunter]

by the way, when it happens push down on the press handle so the blade cant come off the bit.

[SouthMDShooter]

Thats a great looking knife! I had a similar experince but not near as bad as that.

As far as your fingers                    

[Bodork]

The first thing I do when working a helle blade is tape it to protect the mirror finish as well as protect myself. I really hadn't been handling this blade much as I was working on the scales. I'll be sure to tape the  next one tough! The fingers are healing remarkably fast. Thanks guys. Mike