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Main Boards => Hunting Knives and Crafters => Topic started by: OkKeith on August 19, 2008, 01:01:00 PM
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I took 4 or 5 disposable cameras to get developed the other day. They had been stacking up from a few fishing trips and a hunt or two. As I was flipping through them I found a couple of pictures of the knife I made for the knife swap. I am no bladesmith, so this was a purchased blank. I wheedled around with the shape of it a little until I liked it.
(http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m150/OkKeith/knifepic-1.jpg)
(http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m150/OkKeith/handknifepic-1.jpg)
Handle is blackwalnut from my hunting lease (so is the bead on the lanyard). I made the sheath as well. I dyed it green first. It came out REALLY GREEN! So I dyed it again with some acorn brown, then oiled it up with neetsfoot. It is a pretty small knife, but I liked it so well I ordered several more blades so I could make one for myself and some friends. The pictures are not great.
OkKeith
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Looks good to me!!!!
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Okkieth,
I like it, where did you get a blank that small at?
Tommy
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Thanks Clarence.
Tommy,
I ordered it from Texas Knife Supply, but I think Jantz has them as well under a different model name. Here is a link to the TKS catalog:
Small Skinner Blade-TKS (http://www.texasknife.com/vcom/product_info.php?cPath=119_299_393&products_id=673)
I was not real big on all the sharp angles on the blank, so I smoothed them over some.
I really like this blade. I think it would make a pretty good neck knife as well.
OkKeith
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Okkieth,
Thanks for the link.
Tommy