Gator Bone Handles ??

sunburst · Post by **sunburst** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 5:19 am

Is it possible to use the bone of a gator to make knife handles..?? If it is I picked up a couple today and if you want them they are yours..Let me know..

Here is what I have and the original source of those bones...

Sunburst

sunburst · Post by **sunburst** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 5:43 am

Johnnie (jonet143) has asked for the bones...Maybe he will share what he does with them..

Sunburst

orvet · Post by **orvet** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 7:17 am

If you run across a couple more, I would love to give them a try.

Thanks,
Dale

Bryan · Post by **Bryan** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 8:08 am

Very interesting. I wonder how dense gator bones are

At first, I figured they probably wouldn't be very dense, but I guess they do carry a lot of weight when out of the water. ...and everything else about a gator is tough as nails. Why not the bones?

I'm curiouse to hear how they work out.

Only a true knife nut would look at this scene and think about how to incorporate it into a knife

Bryan

sunburst · Post by **sunburst** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 4:10 pm

Bryan wrote:Only a true knife nut would look at this scene and think about how to incorporate it into a knife

Bryan

You know the illness is terminal when you don't even realize the pecularity of what was said...

Hi Dale,

Johnnie sent word to me that he is going to share the bones with you.
I will go back to the gator site and look for more bones, most of what is left was small bones like the ribs and back bones. I wish I would have been a little faster on the thought process.

Sunburst

muskrat man · Post by **muskrat man** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 8:45 pm

orvet wrote:If you run across a couple more, I would love to give them a try.

Thanks,
Dale

Me too, would make a very interesting handle! Maybe a hawkbill with gator bone handles

. Hey how about that skin lying around there, is it dried? Does it stink? I got an idea

orvet · Post by **orvet** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 9:01 am

Speaking of bones...................
I just got back from the OKCA show. I got a set of Sea Cow bone handles. It is supposed to be stabilized, but still seems a bit porous. They should look good on a knife.

I can't wait to try the gator bone!

Dale

justold52 · Post by **justold52** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 11:12 am

I have heard of (in the junk yard business) going back to the bone yard.
But here we see Sunburst in his own back yard calling it a bone yard.
...

...The man is always thinking. Next he will find a Water-Buffalo and want to turn his hoofs in to knife scales.

orvet · Post by **orvet** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 9:02 pm

Water Buffalo hoof scales!
Why didn't I think of that?

Dale

sunburst · Post by **sunburst** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 10:16 pm

Hey there MM,

Let me check out the gator site again this week. Most of the bones and hide are gone..Drug off by whatever kritter could get to it. But let me go through it one more time..

There is a local man who uses gator bone out of the jawbone for knives, I have not seen his work yet but he was mentioned in the local paper.

Sunburst

muskrat man · Post by **muskrat man** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 10:20 pm

orvet wrote:Water Buffalo hoof scales!
Why didn't I think of that?

Dale

Cow Hoof makes really unique scales. Here's a syracuse i did in cow hoof.

Thank Sunburst, hope you find a couple more

justold52 · Post by **justold52** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 11:07 pm

muskrat man; "Cow Hoof makes really unique scales. Here's a syracuse i did in cow hoof."

My son has a dog that just loves hoofs. I bet she would

all over that knife.

MITCH RAPP · Post by **MITCH RAPP** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 12:00 am

Hey! Sunburst; See if you can get a pair of shoes out of it too!

sunburst · Post by **sunburst** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 12:05 am

Now that my friends is a pair of shoes....

Sunburst

jonet143 · Post by **jonet143** » Tue May 08, 2007 11:08 pm

touching base with those interested. been cuttin gator bones up. may be some useable slabs. smells pretty bad cuttin em up

muskrat man · Post by **muskrat man** » Wed May 09, 2007 12:22 am

always does Johnnie, keep us posted

sunburst · Post by **sunburst** » Wed May 09, 2007 12:45 am

Johnnie's a baby...A little stink never hurt anyone...At least on the internet..

Sunburst

jonet143 · Post by **jonet143** » Wed May 09, 2007 1:11 am

ain't no baby, it stinks worse than cow bone. what are you feedin them gators?

orvet · Post by **orvet** » Wed May 09, 2007 3:17 pm

My little 7 year old granddaughter likes to come out into my shop and clean it up for me.
However, If I am working horn or bone...........I am on my own. She says; "Grandpa, it stinks out here! I am going in the house."

My nick name for her is "Boogie Lips" because she can talk non-stop while cleaning my shop, or doing anything else for that matter!

But she is a little sweetheart.

Dale

MITCH RAPP · Post by **MITCH RAPP** » Wed May 09, 2007 3:43 pm

Orvet; I know exactly what you mean! My Granddaughter is 8 years

old and she doesn't stop talking from Sun up to Sun down!

Mossdancer · Post by **Mossdancer** » Sat May 12, 2007 12:18 am

Some or one of you may be interested in this auction.
wb

http://cgi.ebay.com/2-TAXIDERMY-ALLIGAT ... dZViewItem

jonet143 · Post by **jonet143** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 9:33 pm

ok, the bones ended up having a few critters in residence. poisoned and left in my shed til today. a little porous, but i will be cuttin some slabs off the bigger bones. in the meantime, i have been using a oiece of wire for a knife stand on a lot of my pics

and looking at the bone pile at the vertebrae an epiphony. sawed off a little and..... a genuine florida citrus eatin gator stand. better than a plastic one

orvet · Post by **orvet** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 10:29 pm

Cool knife stand!

Want to sell me a Gator knife stand? I bet that ol' gator had more than one knife stand in him!

Seriously, I would like to buy one or two gator knife stands from you.

Dale

jonet143 · Post by **jonet143** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 10:45 pm

thanks dale, pm sent

Cope · Post by **Cope** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 7:14 am

WOW....just found this post. Sounds like you guys had Sunburst to scavenge the old gator for the best parts but maybe what I'm interested in is still there. Did you see the penis laying around Sunburst? If it can be done with walrus, why not gator?

So if you can find this gator's penis, I'll pay the shipping! I'd say gator penis would smell good in transit also.

Brad

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