I'm havin' more fun than ought to be allowed!

dewman · Post by **dewman** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 1:31 am

A friend of mine gave me a BIG armload of elk antlers. One has six points! Some extreme quality stuff for knife handles. Even though it's 105 degrees today, I've been out in my shop....that has NO air conditioning....and cutting it up, pairing up matching sets and taping them together for future use. I've already got two knives with the handles epoxied on, waiting till it cools down a bit before I work them down. Man....this is fun. I'm learning by making lots of mistakes, but sometimes thats half the fun!

justold52 · Post by **justold52** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 1:37 am

dewman;

" A friend of mine gave me a BIG armload of elk antlers."

I am sure that that friend will be getting a super knife from you for Christmas ....

Yes making errors is fun if it does not drip blood or cost to much...

Hukk · Post by **Hukk** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 1:40 am

Many times we can learn more from our mistakes than if we got it right the first time. I think you have the right approach and thought process. Congratulations, it makes the successes all that much more rewarding.

marcinek · Post by **marcinek** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:10 pm

I'd love to see what you are doing with them, even before they are finished, dewman!

Seeing the process "from antler to knife" would be very interesting.

Especially for those of use who aren't ever going to be given an armload of extreme quality elk antlers!

dewman · Post by **dewman** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 5:22 pm

Okie Dokie....here you go. The first photo is of a large, uncut 6 point antler. It's got some great possibilities. He has a mounted set that were 8x8! Biggest set of elk antlers I've ever laid eyes on! Truly magnificent.

Next it a photo of several pieces I've cut up from some of the smaller pieces of antler my friend gave me. Notice the one set that has all the fabulous ridges. That will have to go on something very special, for sure. Lastly is a small Parker lockback I rehandled last night. I toasted the scales with a propane torch before polishing them up. They polish extremely well. Much better than I'd have expected. They look like a Hollywood starlet's tooth enamel!

marcinek · Post by **marcinek** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 6:07 pm

That was very cool dewman! Thanks for sharing the pics!

That Parker lockback looks great! Wow!

jm

richied · Post by **richied** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 10:35 pm

marcinek wrote:I'd love to see what you are doing with them, even before they are finished, dewman!

Seeing the process "from antler to knife" would be very interesting.

Especially for those of use who aren't ever going to be given an armload of extreme quality elk antlers!

ditto keep us posted on your progress

justold52 · Post by **justold52** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 12:31 am

dewman KOOL ,

We all like your photos as you go too.

I see your rock garden ....

are those YELLOW DAISEYs to the left ?

dewman · Post by **dewman** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 2:58 am

justold52 wrote:dewman KOOL ,

We all like your photos as you go too.

I see your rock garden .... are those YELLOW DAISEYs to the left ?

Well....my wife, being from Kansas....the tall yellow ones are sunflowers, of course. The small white ones are wild daisys. The main rock garden is out the picture to the right. She has done a tremendous job of building it. She has a "disappearing fountain" in it, too. Very cool.

I'm glad you like the photos. I enjoy taking them.

jmays · Post by **jmays** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 11:39 pm

i think you will have a very nice knife when you are finished!