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Title: A couple of new ones
Post by: OconeeDan on July 10, 2009, 09:56:00 PM

I haven't posted here in a while, been very busy.  But here are a couple I have finished this week.  I hope you like them.
Top one is 4" hunter, it is a hefty knife and very stout.  Blade is cpm154 stainless, the handle is bacote and star mosaic pin that I made.
Notice that the sheath is backwards because he is a leftie.  I also carved his initials in it.
The bottom knife is a 3" skinner, also with cpm 154 blade.  The handle is rosewood and has another mosaic pin that I made.  
Thanks, Dan
 (http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j117/OconeeDan/bacotehunter.jpg)
 (http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j117/OconeeDan/leftysheath.jpg)
 (http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j117/OconeeDan/rosewoodskinner.jpg)
 (http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j117/OconeeDan/skinnersheathresized.jpg)

Title: Re: A couple of new ones
Post by: Steve Nuckels on July 10, 2009, 09:59:00 PM

Dan, very nice work on the knives and sheaths too!

My fav is the rosewood skinner!

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IN GOD WE TRUST

Title: Re: A couple of new ones
Post by: Kevin Evans on July 10, 2009, 10:00:00 PM

very nice!!  :thumbsup:

Title: Re: A couple of new ones
Post by: prarieboy on July 10, 2009, 10:20:00 PM

I surly do like that top one! Did You use a dremel to buff the scuffs in?
 Like those homemade pins too!

Title: Re: A couple of new ones
Post by: Chris Surtees on July 11, 2009, 12:36:00 AM

:thumbsup:     :thumbsup:

Title: Re: A couple of new ones
Post by: OconeeDan on July 11, 2009, 09:27:00 AM

Thank you very much!  Prairie boy, I use an abrasive rod with a drill press for the jewelling.  Looks good, easy, and less prone to scratching.  
Dan

Title: Re: A couple of new ones
Post by: Nosight on July 11, 2009, 03:40:00 PM

Dan, Very nice work all around.

What type of rod are you using for the buff work on the blades??

Later.......Buzz

Title: Re: A couple of new ones
Post by: skullworks on July 11, 2009, 10:05:00 PM

Good to see back at it Dan! Awesome work as always!

Title: Re: A couple of new ones
Post by: oldpaths on July 12, 2009, 06:39:00 AM

I like the shape on that rosewood knife,may have to borrow that,they both look great!

Title: Re: A couple of new ones
Post by: OconeeDan on July 12, 2009, 08:11:00 AM

Thanks!
Buzz, Midway USA sells a tool for jeweling, it is essentially a brass tube with an abrasive rod inside it.  It has an adjustment plug in the end, to push the rod out as you use it up.  They also sell replacement rods.  They feel like long pencil erasers with fine abrasive in it.
You can also smear valve grinding compound on the blade, and use a hard plastic rod.  Works fine, but is a bit messy.  
Dan

Title: Re: A couple of new ones
Post by: tippit on July 12, 2009, 09:55:00 PM

Dan, Those are very nice indeed!  I just got back from our soon to be little horse farm in Aiken.  Hope to get to meet you sometime when I'm a Snowbird Southerner  :)   Doc

Title: Re: A couple of new ones
Post by: OconeeDan on July 13, 2009, 05:14:00 AM

Thank you DOC.  You mean Aiken SC?  That is not too far from Ray's hog heaven!  And not terribly far from me either, I am about 90 miles from Augusta GA. (halfway between Augusta and Atlanta)
I look forward to meeting you.  The Blade Show in Atlanta is a "must see" when you get settled in.
Dan

Title: Re: A couple of new ones
Post by: DANA HOLMAN on July 13, 2009, 08:15:00 AM

nice knives dan
really like the scuff look
dana  :notworthy:

Title: Re: A couple of new ones
Post by: BowHuntingFool on July 14, 2009, 10:43:00 AM

Wow, great work, very nice! I love the blade on the top knife!