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Title: 8 knives for a wedding
Post by: skullworks on September 02, 2008, 09:00:00 AM

Here are 8 knives I did for a buddy of mine for gifts for himself and the groomsmen. They are all Frosts Stainless blades in Whitetail antler. The antlers were varying colors so I dyed them by boiling them in tea(thanks for the idea Bernie!) which gave them the same overall color. Then I sanded the end caps to make the deer print stand out better. Sheaths are hand made. The number on the blades are to keep them matched with the sheaths. LOL!

 (http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c154/Skullworks02/FOSTER.jpg)
 (http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c154/Skullworks02/FOSTER2.jpg)
 (http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c154/Skullworks02/FOSTER3.jpg)

Title: Re: 8 knives for a wedding
Post by: pintail_drake2004 on September 02, 2008, 02:25:00 PM

very nice. Got pix of the sheaths too?

Title: Re: 8 knives for a wedding
Post by: KHALVERSON on September 02, 2008, 08:17:00 PM

good lookers for sure
i bet those mora blades are wicked sharp also

Title: Re: 8 knives for a wedding
Post by: skullworks on September 03, 2008, 07:02:00 AM

Duh...me! I did say Frosts. You are correct on both counts. Mora blade and they are wicked sharp!

Title: Re: 8 knives for a wedding
Post by: skullworks on September 03, 2008, 08:25:00 AM

Here are the sheaths.

 (http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c154/Skullworks02/FosterSheaths.jpg)

Title: Re: 8 knives for a wedding
Post by: MI_Bowhunter on September 03, 2008, 12:15:00 PM

Very nice work.   I like the grain color in the leather.

How do you make the deer print in the knife handles?  Do you hand carve/file,  dremmel or some other method?

Title: Re: 8 knives for a wedding
Post by: skullworks on September 03, 2008, 01:19:00 PM

Got the streaking pattern in the sheaths idea from Rob Tattoo. Yep...dremmel tool to do the prints.