An aluminum framed stag handled Imperial barlow
Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2015 6:13 pm
Well I've been playing with my knives again! This time I decided to try making an integral bolster liner barlow out of aluminum. For a blade donor I chose a older Imperial barlow.
Here is the Imperial and the integral aluminum bolster liners. Notice that the liners have oak handles. We as luck would have it the oak split so I replaced it with some antler that a friend gave me.
I choose the inner cuts for this practice project. ( I have three new Imperial barlows in the box for later ) What I did not know is the antler was dry and almost chalky. Lesson learned here! I am gonna stabilize the remaining antler before using it. Anyway here it is. In the background is the Queen barlow that I put antler on a couple of days ago. I used it as the model for this one.
You know what they say, practice makes perfect! Well I got some practice on this one! Another good user for the EDC pile. Wait till I get good enough to break those new Imperials out!
Randy
Here is the Imperial and the integral aluminum bolster liners. Notice that the liners have oak handles. We as luck would have it the oak split so I replaced it with some antler that a friend gave me.
I choose the inner cuts for this practice project. ( I have three new Imperial barlows in the box for later ) What I did not know is the antler was dry and almost chalky. Lesson learned here! I am gonna stabilize the remaining antler before using it. Anyway here it is. In the background is the Queen barlow that I put antler on a couple of days ago. I used it as the model for this one.
You know what they say, practice makes perfect! Well I got some practice on this one! Another good user for the EDC pile. Wait till I get good enough to break those new Imperials out!
Randy