Chad J

Glad to have you back. you were missed!

good to hear from ya, welcome back!

nice..... the curly maple is beautiful!!

nice first knife, good job!

wow thats beautiful knife, love the sheath great job!

any "over head" type cable. such as crane cable, elevator cable, and i believe cable chokers (i don't recall the composition of cable chokers right off hand) pretty much any of those that aren't galvanized. and make sure they are clean on the inside, some cables have a plastic strip on the inside.

nice, have any product information?

oh yeah, nice knife yours turned out a better pattern than mine. :rolleyes:

with the idea of the chain for a handle( make sure the chain is clean and grease free ) you could try to rap the chain around the tang then wrap with a plastic bag or a mold of some type like a toilet paper card board or such. set up a rig to clamp the knife standing on end (pointy end up) fill mold or bag or what ever with epoxy resin or some type of resin ( i would have to read up on the different types of resin to find which is better) you could agitate as you put the resin in to help fill the voids. let set over night. take the mold off then sand to rough shape, and i would paint a couple of light coats till i got to the final shape that i wanted. try to sand to a high grit like 300. each additional coat should fill in sand marks if there fine enough.(marks should fill in anyway i had some that did not in the past on different types of projects and now i sand as high a grit as i can get.)

Nice, I may have to try that..... with your permission of course.:)

Thats dang nice! how did you get the cable to weld with no hammer marks?

Nice Knife, the purple heart is one of my favorites to use for metal and wood working. For just on a whim, the sheath looks pretty good, has character. All in all Great job.

Great job Metal muncher, lots of good info i'm saving for later. ;)

Nice Buck, What part of iowa?

Dang Nice knife Kevin, especially like the birds eye maple. beautiful wood!

Dang Nice Jim, Keep it up!

That's pretty nice! Great Job!

First off, Nice knife i kind of like the look and feel of the blacksmiths knives. Second take a sheet of paper and hold it over the flash bulb of your camera, it dulls or diffuses it enough for a good picture. Here are a few things i found with the search on that subject. http://www.iforgeiron.com/forum/f14/two-knives-14164/ http://www.iforgeiron.com/forum/f7/photographs-8466/ That search button is a very useful tool, I've taken a liking to it. :)

WOW Nice Job! That Is Dang NICE!!!

Nothing wrong with starting small and slow, anyway that's what i do. Nice looking blades, should be real happy with them! and i know about the sweetie wanting a knife, mine has already tried to take a few ear marked for somebody else. well at least they are interested in what we do!;)

Dang Nice Jim, after looking at your accomplishments, i have a hard time posting any pics of mine! And all of the sudden feel in adequate. :D

Heat treat before you put the handle on of course. Put the knife together, drilling holes for pins. Then for stainless I would send out for heat treatment. I don't know or experimented enough with stainless to talk you through it. I don't want to offend or make you feel dumb by saying this, I felt i needed to be stated. And post pics, either of the process or finish product. The old saying: "pictures are worth a thousand words".

This is a Iowa white tail horn that a friend gave me 5 years ago. All i did was drill out the antler to accept the tang then drilled through for some brass brazing rod i had. then used 30 min 2 part epoxy, trying to fill all voids with out making a mess. and i haven't put anything on the antler as a finish. Looking at it now i guess i should put somthing on it.:rolleyes:

Thud....Good.....Rattley....Bad. Got it Thanks Grant

Frosty was the resident expert on this subject, Get well brother you are missed.