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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: Osage burl knife
« Reply #15 on: November 10, 2016, 07:43:35 pm »
Yes sir, as D-bar said a great feel to that knife. Heavy in the hand for it's size and well balanced, good looking to boot.
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Re: Osage burl knife
« Reply #16 on: November 12, 2016, 09:25:47 pm »
Thanks for the compliments guys.  I gave the knife a good test run today by skinning out a deer with it.  It got the job done easily and was still shaving sharp when I was done with it.  It sat for a while with some blood on it.  When I washed it off I noticed the shiny blade was etched a little from the blood.  It gave it a little patina.  Bubby did some research for me and said it must be high carbon/low chromium steel which is good for a knife.  I'm glad it passed the deer test.  I have more knife blanks cut out.  Now I know they are worth finishing up.

I tried to take some pictures that showed the burl scales a little better.



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Offline Pat B

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Re: Osage burl knife
« Reply #17 on: November 13, 2016, 01:04:05 pm »
Clint, I love the shape of this knife and the osage burl scales are stunning...and it works!   8)
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Re: Osage burl knife
« Reply #18 on: November 14, 2016, 08:03:56 pm »
Great looking blade. I love everything about it!
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Re: Osage burl knife
« Reply #19 on: November 15, 2016, 04:20:26 am »
Beautiful knife, love it.
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Re: Osage burl knife
« Reply #20 on: November 15, 2016, 09:12:07 am »
I've got some magnolia burn that I was trying to turn into a bowl before it exploded on the lathe- I think I've got enough to do some scales, I think I'll see if I can get a blank roughed out before thanksgiving and then use my dad's shop to do the heat treating work. This has been inspiring.

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Re: Osage burl knife
« Reply #21 on: November 15, 2016, 09:46:43 am »
Really nice designed & high quality knife Clint.Perfect for skinning.The kicker is it's got your favorite wood on it.
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Osage burl knife
« Reply #22 on: November 15, 2016, 11:13:52 am »
Thanks guys. 

Beadman,  I've got a lot of osage knife scale material.  I have a feeling most of my knives will have yellow handles.



JacksonCash,  The heat treating isn't very hard.  Khalverson gave me some tips on how to do it.  I made a small gas forge out of a coffee can, plaster of paris, and sand.  I used a propane torch in it to heat treat these. 
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