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Rest assured I didn't part out the mustang. I got 3 complete sets at a swapmeet for $5. To good to pass up.

Started these a while back and finally finised them this afternoon. These are my second and third knives. They are made out of leaf springs from 65 mustang. The handles are elk horn with bronze fittings.

I use birchwood casys plub brown it is used to brown mussle loading fire arms. Ive bought it on line from the birchwood casys web site.

you just heat the metal and rub it on. I use it on tomahawk heads works very good

This my favorite. It is a photo of my great-grandfather Soren Rasmusen Miller standing in his shop in Rockford, Nebraska. The photo was taken in the early 1900's. It was taken by my grandfather on a 5 x 7 view camera that I still have.

I just finished this deer skull of steel this afternoon. Many of you may have seen the antler of steel I posted earler. Funny how things get out of control and start to grow. The skull is made out of 1/8 in sheet steel and the antlers are made out of salvaged semi truck parts (leaf spring U bolts and air break valve shafts.

Good looking site. I have added it to my favorites and will check back regularly.

I got the other antler done today. Will start on the skull next week

I was wondering if there is any kind of a metal liner inside the antler handle or not. Couldn' really tell from the pics. Extreamly cool knife

The Tines are mig welded as I don't have a forge large enought to heat the whole antler. Just a note I have decided to do the other side and attempt to do the skull to mount them on. I will post pic when I get it complete the other antler shouldn't take to long but the skull will be a challenge as I've never attemped anything like that. But the you don't improve your skills if you don't try new stuff.

That is COOL! What are your plans for it, or the set? I see a lamp or candle holder or a fireplace tool holder or a hat rack. or ...

Here are some pics of an antler I made today. The Tines are made out of leaf spring u bolts out of semi trucks the main beam is made from some 1 1/2 round stock. Now I will have to make a matching side.

I too woul like to see the process. I am getting ready to attemp to make some pattern welded steel. so all info is of great interested. If it can't be on this forum what knife forum will it be on?

Possumfat - not bad! Try keeping the base of the horns a little thicker and don't try to put too many twists in them. Use the round face of your hammer at an angle on the area between the nose and eye will go, it gives a bit of a 'cheek ' and a base to punch the eye socket so it looks forewards. I like to round the bar immediately behind the head, it makes the curve much easier

I thought this guy sums it up about as good as it can be explained.

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Very creative. You've got me wanting to try it.

Those are very cool. How did you join them in the middle? Can you describe how you cut them (what with, how deep)?

This is just a humble observation - the top looks to me to be a little long. Maybe it's just the picture angle, I'm not sure. I made some out of 1/2" bar recently too and did a bit of research before I started. What I found is that most consider the optimal proportions to be a 1:3 ratio like this: http://thecrossweb.c...dimensions.htm.

I think those look really, really nice. Well done.

It's a great looking point, but as a bowhunter for 30+ years I don't think it should be used in a hunting situation. The way an arrow kills is by massive blood loss. I use a 2 or 3 bladed broadhead with a minmum cutting radius of 1.5 in. An other issue is the blade should be razor sharp. I am a bowhunter education instructor and we demonstrate this in class by taking a new razor sharp head and pushing it through a hole in a board with rubber bands streched across the hole. The rubber bands are very similar to blood vessels. The new blade will cut most of the rubber bands. We then take the same head push it one time into a coffee can filled with sand. Then repeat the rubber band test. The head will no longer cut the rubber bands. In bowhunting you are going to take the life of an animal. I think you owe it to the animal to do it as quickly as possible. the taking of an animal with bow and arrow is a challenge and any animal taken with a bow is a trophy. That should not be deminshed just because you didnt make the arrow head.
Good luck on your hunt what ever head you decide to use.

I finished up a bunch of projects for an art show. So I thought it was time to tear into the powerhammer I bought awhile back. Last saturday I started and got it going today so here are some videos of the powerhammer. It's my first atempt at making a video with my lap top so excuse the shaky video

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I bought a 3 burner diamond back about 2 years ago. It heats up fast and hot. I did have problems with the small grill propane bottles freezing up on me. But I now use a 100lb bottle and it works great. I am going to have to reline it soon but I have used it a lot. I would buy again.

Okay: Crosses. I am not a Christian but I have a neighbor up the road who is a real real real Christian whom I respect a lot. They don't have much but take in a slew of foster kids and shower so much love on them that they all do well. I would like to make them a cross for Christmas. I'm thinking about an 8inch high cross standing in a nice piece of granite.My skills are: I made handmade horseshoes for umpteen years,make nice wall hooks for friends and family and reasonably clean barbecue forks and such things. Any ideas,drawings,pictures? I'd like to make it nice and clean for such good folks.Thanks for ideas, Eric Sprado Sorry-I guess I shifted the subject here. Feel free to move this post somewhere else if need be....

Very nice. Are the vertical and horizontal pieces interwoven, or welded together?

This is a cross I made out of 1/2 in bar with copper trim.

great work and the detail is fantastic how on earth did you do the cross in the end so neatly its finished so well thank you for the pictures very cool mate

Very nice looking. How did you achieve the patina if you don't mind my asking?

Mark