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Title: neck knife
Post by: Pat B on November 22, 2010, 10:04:00 AM
This is a little neck knife I put together for a friend. Josh has a plasma cutter so I asked him if he would cut out some trade point and knife blanks for me. In return I made this for Josh.
  The blade is cold rolled steel and is hafted into the antler tip handle with epoxy and added a pin to strengthen it. It has a sinew wrap that I set in TBIII. The sheath is hand stitched and made from a scrap of leather with a leather boot lace lanyard.
 (http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y199/PatBNC/neckknifeforJosh003.jpg)
 (http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y199/PatBNC/neckknifeforJosh002.jpg)
 (http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y199/PatBNC/neckknifeforJosh005.jpg)
Title: Re: neck knife
Post by: Bill Turner on November 22, 2010, 10:50:00 AM
Nice. Your friend should be pleased.  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: neck knife
Post by: carbonflyr on November 22, 2010, 11:58:00 AM
yep, ya just can't  beat a necker!!
good hunting!!  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: neck knife
Post by: Eugene Slagle on November 22, 2010, 12:09:00 PM
Looks great bud, I like my necker, I'd wear it every day if I could get away with it at work.
Title: Re: neck knife
Post by: Looper on November 22, 2010, 03:04:00 PM
That's a nice piece. Did you have to temper the blade or did you just grind an edge on it?
Title: Re: neck knife
Post by: kerryb on November 22, 2010, 03:19:00 PM
Very nice Pat, may have to try to trade you out of one of them. Nice work
Title: Re: neck knife
Post by: Pat B on November 22, 2010, 03:41:00 PM
Kerry, if things go the way I plan I will have a few at the Classic this coming spring. I'm sure we can come up with a trade!!!
  Looper, All I did was clean up the shape on my belt sander and put the edge on with a file. I did dip it in water as I cleaned it up to keep it from overheating. I don't think the plasma cutter heats the metal too much while cutting.
  Thanks everyone. It was a fun project to do and I'm sure I will make more when I get more blades from Josh.
Title: Re: neck knife
Post by: DannyBows on November 22, 2010, 03:51:00 PM
That's a dandy little knife. Nice work!
Title: Re: neck knife
Post by: Steve Nuckels on November 22, 2010, 09:28:00 PM
Really nice!

I'm working on a few myself!

Steve
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