A member of our archery club asked if I would make him and his young Son a set of knives with shed antlers he had as the handles. I agreed.
I sent him all my blade forms and he picked a Nesmuk style blade.
I did a bit of custom file work on the backbones of the blades to dress them up and then polished the file work
Then I applied gun blueing to the backbone and gave the blades a brushed finish leaving the blueing in the deep areas of the file work
He asked that I fill in the white bases of the antlers with "Dad" and "Mitch" I saved the brow tines for display bases.
The blades are O1 steel heat treated and twice tempered to RC58 hardness
For the sheaths, I used 8 Oz. Oak tanned leather with a medium brown dye to give an "Old" look to the leather..
Father and son knives
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Father and son knives
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Re: Father and son knives
Ron, those are STUNNING!. How much do you charge for a set like that?!
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Re: Father and son knives
I made that set back in 08 and if memory serves they were $300. With the broadhead sharpener business and other projects the knife making has taken a back seat.
The Joy is in the doing.
Re: Father and son knives
Beautiful knives, really like the display racks
Re: Father and son knives
Too sharp!