Jclonts82 Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 Friend of mine asked for a special project. He and his grandfather planted an apricot tree when he was a little kid. The tree has since died, and he harvested some of the wood. Asked me to make a coyote skinner with that wood as a handle. I took the wood, dried it fully, stabilized it twice just for good measure, then set to work on the steel. Made a billet of 320 layers by the math. Probably more like 270 after losses. And made a shape roughly to what he drew on a napkin. With his requested specs: Not a super-sharp point, but one that can get into tight places and be a good slicer as he collects the pelts of coyotes. 1084 and 15N20. Mosaic pins fore and rear, hidden, mechanically locked ( to both wood and steel) pin in the middle. Bedded in epoxy with a ring all the way around the wood to keep it sealed. Felt lined kydex sheath. I’m hoping it will hold some oil from the blade. I oiled it up, put it in and out of the sheath a few times then re-oiled the blade. He is a gunsmith, and will absolutely know how to take care of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Rotblatt Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 Very nice! What did your friend think? DanR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 Wow, really nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jclonts82 Posted November 27, 2019 Author Share Posted November 27, 2019 He was ecstatic... just needs time to go coyote hints now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasent Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 Looks great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAG Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 JCL, Beautiful knife. Congratulations. What kind of wood did you use, for the knife scales? Where did you buy the mosaic pins? Thanks in advance, SLAG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jclonts82 Posted November 28, 2019 Author Share Posted November 28, 2019 The wood is apricot, stabilized. The pins from Knife and gun, or maybe Amazon. Don’t remember... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAG Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 JCL, Thank you for that information. I appreciate it. SLAG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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