Eddie Mullins Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Thought I would share my current work in progress, a small game skinner I designed that will be my first knife to really finish properly. I hope to put it to use this fall on some racoons. I drew out the sketch a made myself a pattern, this was a first for me at this. Next cut a piece of leaf spring, I had to kind of guess at the size of the material needed. I forged to rough shape, it ended up being a little larger than desired so I had to do a little trimming. Then I went to work with hand files and started profiling the knife. I am just about ready for heat treat. Hope to finish it this weekend. I'll post pics when I do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Mullins Posted July 23, 2013 Author Share Posted July 23, 2013 Been waiting a while to update this. Glad to see IFI back up and running. Well here is where I am currently , just about finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crossdawg Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 I like the knife alot. But the scales really set it off. Super.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhettbarnhart Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 Looks good ......if it were me I would thin down the handle a little to give it a slimmer look but overall it looks nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Yates Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 Looks very good hand profiling & a bit of grinding I hope or you are one heck of a filer I like the handles as well what wood are they did i miss that ? Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Mullins Posted July 28, 2013 Author Share Posted July 28, 2013 Looks very good hand profiling & a bit of grinding I hope or you are one heck of a filer I like the handles as well what wood are they did i miss that ? Sam Thanks the wood is just red oak available from a local box store. I thought it would do well for me to learn to shape handles, and can be replaced later if I decide to. I can tell you got a work out filing this one LOL. I just finished another knife, much larger, but forged much closer to shape, and took less file work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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