Post by hogkiller on Sept 27, 2015 20:23:38 GMT -5
Jim asked for a 1700's era big belt knife and one of my hammered skinner's as a patch knife to match a custom muzzleloader he's having built,,,so,,
Both knives have curly crotch maple scales with brass pins and 10 coats of hand rubbed tung oil into the wood,,i'll do a couple more coats then buff them out with some minwax.
This big guy is 10" oal with a cutting edge of 5 1/2" of 1095 tool steel with scale left on the blade for a more realistic 1700's era look.
The hammered skinner is USA made 440C stainless but the hammered look gives it that old era look,,7 1/8" oal with a 3 1/4" cutting edge.
And i know Jim told me that he was going to use that skinner as a patch knife but i decided he will need a proper patch knife for new smoke pole.
This little necker is about 7" long with a 2 1/2" edge of 1095 tool steel handled with a piece of whitetail tine and a pewter guard.
Both knives have curly crotch maple scales with brass pins and 10 coats of hand rubbed tung oil into the wood,,i'll do a couple more coats then buff them out with some minwax.
This big guy is 10" oal with a cutting edge of 5 1/2" of 1095 tool steel with scale left on the blade for a more realistic 1700's era look.
The hammered skinner is USA made 440C stainless but the hammered look gives it that old era look,,7 1/8" oal with a 3 1/4" cutting edge.
And i know Jim told me that he was going to use that skinner as a patch knife but i decided he will need a proper patch knife for new smoke pole.
This little necker is about 7" long with a 2 1/2" edge of 1095 tool steel handled with a piece of whitetail tine and a pewter guard.
