i had a friend stop by with a shed he had found while out in his sugarbush getting set up to start tapping
anyway he asked if i could make him a simple knife out of part of it
i am not a knife maker but i had some time today and as there are 4points on the antler i thought what the heck i got some room to experiment here
this is my first shot at it
the blade is made from part of a old file forged to shape with minimal sanding i did a oil quench at a hair over non magnetic and then tempered for 3 hours at 410*F until the blade had turned a deep straw color
the guard on the blade was a piece of scrap aluminum i had kicking around
and was drilled and filed to be a tight hammered fit over the tang? of the blade and then epoxied into the the handle (note to self do not do a burn fit for the handle in side again) i chased myself right out of the shop with that smell
anyway i am just stalling here it is and if i did this wrong let me know there are still three more points i can work with lol

Thier is no wrong way in making a knife for yourself. It is all in what pleases you not someone else. Looks good to me and if it suites the need you want to use it for, more power to you. Expeirment, experiment, expeirment.

yeah that was my thought but since i was giving it away i was more just trying to stick in a bit of a double check to if i should have done something different to the antler
anyways i ended up giving it several coats of lemon oil to help keep it from drying out
so it will sit on a shelf until the next time he is in town and stops by
and thanks for the feedback FOG :)