a nice little skinner

ozy clint · May 29, 2010, 03:47:00 AM

last sunday i started knapping a blade from a piece of mahogany obsidian and i finished it through the week. i also played around with a piece of water buffulo horn to use for a handle. today i hafted the blade to the handle with pine pitch and sinew and made a little sheath from kangaroo hide that i tanned myself with wattle bark. it is stitched with sinew.
it's primitive throughout!

a nice little project comes to an end.......it's now waiting to skin something.

owlbait · May 29, 2010, 09:29:00 AM

Great looking project. Hope you get to skinning soon!

skullworks · May 29, 2010, 09:40:00 AM

I like it! Very cool project!

Doug Campbell · May 29, 2010, 10:50:00 AM

Neutron · May 29, 2010, 03:04:00 PM

Nice. Did you heat up that horn and mold it to fit the knife blade or something? Cannot tell for sure but it looks like it bends in on the sides a little to grip the blade.

OconeeDan · May 29, 2010, 03:45:00 PM

That's pretty cool!

prarieboy · May 29, 2010, 04:39:00 PM

Thats right nice little skinner!!!!!!!!

ozy clint · May 29, 2010, 06:54:00 PM

neutron- no the handle is solid horn. i just sanded it to shape to fit the blade. there was actually another couple of inches of solid horn that i cut of before the horn started getting hollow.

Steve Nuckels · May 29, 2010, 09:55:00 PM

Clint, very cool project! I like it all!

Steve
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Kevin Evans · May 30, 2010, 09:21:00 AM

That little burger is Cool!!!

TxMoon · June 01, 2010, 02:45:00 AM

That is sweet.. I use to do a lot of digging. where I live there is lots of good flint. I have a sweet corner tang that is made of root beer flint and you can almost see threw it.. I might have to pick you up some flint and send to you if you like.? privet message me you address..