Custom 112 bareheaded
Custom 112 bareheaded
Howdy folks, a few of you asked about this in another thread so rather than high jack that thread I'll post a new one. I like to tinker. I also like to own things with special meaning and look good.
Texas had a severe drought in 2011 and I lost thousands of trees. I salvaged what I could from them. This knifes scales came from one of those trees. It's curly eastern red cedar with a brass and buffalo horn spacers. This was my second attempt at bareheading a Buck.
Those porch rails were also a result of the drought.
Texas had a severe drought in 2011 and I lost thousands of trees. I salvaged what I could from them. This knifes scales came from one of those trees. It's curly eastern red cedar with a brass and buffalo horn spacers. This was my second attempt at bareheading a Buck.
Those porch rails were also a result of the drought.
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Gorgeous!!!
Take care and God bless,
Steve
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Sorry for the loss of your livelihood due to the drought, but you surely made lemonade out of lemons. That is a beautiful knife, made absolutely cool by the story behind it. OH
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Classy look and fit
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Thanks folks, those pics just don't do this knife justice. It's just awesome in person. Sometimes you just can't capture the beauty in pics,
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Beautiful ! I'd love to own its twin.
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I personally don't think I have seen one in red cedar before. Great looking knife.
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That's awesome! I think Cedar and Cherry are generally my two favorite woods.
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It's not a twin but here's the sibling. Started yesterday, finished today. It was a 110 pro. Ns, buffalo, ERC and S30v.
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I don't understand why when you click the pic it turns the right way up, but it does. Sorry about the bright light. It's needed to get a decent pic out of this ipad.
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You sure have that red cedar figured out. Great knives.
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Thanks! I got post oak figured out too.
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man love that oak ( any particular type of oak ? ) . Very unusual , looks almost like leopard skin
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Any chance of some step by step pics of how you achieve your re scaling ?
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Very, very nice! Along with Legend's questions I was wondering if you had stabilized the wood and when you remove the bottom bolster of those 110s does it have much change in how they feel in the hand? I've got several 110s (who doesn't?) and find them to be almost heavy feeling when using them.
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Looking good.
Are you stabilizing the cedar? I have made some cedar scales in the past that were soft on the wear.
Really like the quartersewn oak.
Are you stabilizing the cedar? I have made some cedar scales in the past that were soft on the wear.
Really like the quartersewn oak.
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To answer questions, no I'm too primitive to do a tutorial. Yes, the wood was home stabilized. I don't believe wood needs plasticized. I simply remove the water and replace it with a solution that slows water absorption again. I've never found cedar to be very soft. The top layer is coated with cyanoacrylate. It improves the finish and toughens it up too.
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Do you remove and peen the rear bolster pins back into place or do they remain secure? I plan to modify a 500 to a barehead.
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They stay tight but I center punch them anyway.
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Those are unique and very beautiful! Great job.
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Thanks for the reply, I had thought about using a center punch. Wish me luck, I'm stretching my capabilities with this notion.
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Just did another. Enjoy... Well if you click on the they turn right side up.
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You have that down. The look great.