November 6, 200817 yr Cable Damascus Hunter with elk antler scales with stainless steel pins. Cable damascus bolsters with brass pins. This is a knife I helped a friends son make. We made 2 different knives this one is for his dad the other is for his step father. I let him do as much as he could with out destroying it LOL. This was forged out of 1 1/2" cable, I did the welding and let him draw it out on my Little Giant. He liked my hunter style so we went with it, he did the profiling. I ground the bevels and machine finished to 800 grit, he did all the hand sanding. I did the pin layout the way he wanted he did the drilling on the blade and scales. I had some cable damascus left over from another knife that we used for the scales. He wanted brass pins so I set him up and let him peen the pins. I slabbed the antler for him and let him profile the scales and shape them, I did the blending of the bolsters and scales. I pretty much finished the knife for him at this point. I hope you enjoy it it was a lot of fun working with him and he had a blast .
November 6, 200817 yr Sweet looking knives. I'm sure his father & step father will be very happy with them. Especially since he (and you) did it for them. Mitch
November 7, 200817 yr Author Thanks guys it was fun he does not know it yet but he will be making 1 more knife for himself and I will have him do the whole thing by himself I will be there for advise or if he gets in a jam.
November 10, 200817 yr Author Yes it was etched in Ferric Chloride and then rubbed with a polishing paper.
November 11, 200817 yr Mike, Those are sweet. Could you explain the process you go through to make the bolsters for a full tang knife? I've had a bit of trouble trying to get things to line up real nice/symmetrical on both sides. Ie. do you profile the blade side of a block, then split the block so that both sides have the same shape? Do you drill the block before you split it? drill tang first then bolster/block or vice versa? Etc...
November 11, 200817 yr Author Mike, Those are sweet. Could you explain the process you go through to make the bolsters for a full tang knife? I've had a bit of trouble trying to get things to line up real nice/symmetrical on both sides. Ie. do you profile the blade side of a block, then split the block so that both sides have the same shape? Do you drill the block before you split it? drill tang first then bolster/block or vice versa? Etc... This is one knife I have not posted the other yet. I am getting ready to put bolsters on another knife so I will do a tutorial of what I do for you.
November 14, 200817 yr Mike, THANKS A TON!!! I just finished a small skinner and should post some pix. Maybe I'll actually make it onto the friday night knife chat tonight. Not sure though, as I may be drinking some sorrows away. Had to put my dog down yesterday and it's been a rough week. Anyway, I saw a knife in Cabela's catalog and like the looks of it and so made my own version of the "buck mini-alpha" skinner out of a chainsaw billet we made a few weeks ago up in Gearheart, Or. at John Emmerling's shop. It turned out pretty decent for my 4th ever knife. Used Ebony scales and copper pins. I only used about 2" of the 12" billet for this blade so am thinking about a 4'ish inch drop point hunter next. Probably also the ebony for the scales, but would like to use some silicon bronze for a bolster much like you did on the knife in this post.
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