New White Novaculite and Antler Knife.....NEW PICTURE...FINALLY DONE!!

[El Destructo]

Well Cowboy....I got the Blade last Friday...and could not wait to put it together....I dug around and found a suitable Antler for it today....filed a slot in it and pitched the Blade in and went to Sinew Wrap the Blade to the Antler...but my Hide Glue was bad....so I wrapped it with Artificial Sinew until I can get some new Glue....then I will re-wrap it and seal the whole thing with a coat of Urethane to waterproof it...now I got the Bug....so I guess I am going to have to start knapping now....to feed my New Habit!!!!

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[cowboy]

Well, didn't mean to be the first one to answer - just happend to be online at the right time . That is one fine lookin knife you got there! Hopefully you'll use it to skin out the next deer you get. I wouldn't worry about sinew and glue - she looks fine just the way she is !!

[wvfknapper]

Yank, Nice work on the knife ,,,When hafting knives , I almost never use hide glue when I put sinew on a haft,, Just soak the sinew in warm water or chew it up a bit as the spit creates a glue on sinew   wrap the sinew until it looks a little thick cause it will shrink a bit,, let it dry overnight , then I use clear two part epoxy to cover the sinew for a waterproof cover.

A little secret to hafting I learned a few years back when using epoxy as a glue in the socket of a haft,  is to put a drop of Indian ink in the glue mixture after you mix it up, and it turns it coal black so as to look like pitch and it doesn't affect the strength of the glue.

wvflintknapper

[Pat B]

beautiful blade, Cowboy and nice hafting Yankee. Good choice of handles. When you re-wrap the hafting with sinew, why not use pitch varnish for a water proofing. It works great sealing my primitive arrows and waterproofing sinew wraps. Just dissolve pitch in denatured alcohol(even though denatured alcohol isn't primitive...use moonshine ), strain it and keep in an airtight jar. I use a watercolor paint brush to apply it. The brush will stiffen after use but putting it back in the varnish will soften it back up for next time. Any tree pitch, soft wood or hard wood(especially fruit trees) should work.    Pat

[El Destructo]

Pat....Robert....thanks for the Helping Information...It will be helpful on my Next One....and now I know that there will be others!!! I have decided to use some Pig Gut Hafting that I have to finish it up....I think this will work fine...and will be quite strong too when dried

[DanaM]

Nice knife yankee, I'm jealous

[El Destructo]

Thanks Dana.......It will look better when I get the rest of the Pig Gut Hafting Material I need to Haft it properly...then I can clear Coat the Antler too and make it shine some

[Otoe Bow]

Very nice guys.  Is that the blade Paul showed off from his last job site in his "killin time" post?

Otoe

[El Destructo]

Very nice guys.  Is that the blade Paul showed off from his last job site in his "killin time" post?

Otoe

Yep...thats the Blade.....I traded Him the Blade for a Box O Rocks!!!!!!!!

[hawkbow]

Beautiful knife brother... you done good putting her together... Cowboy ..you make me want to practice my knappin a lot more ... excellent blade, I am sure Yankee will have good medacine with her on the hunt.. Hawk a/ho

[cowboy]

Thanks Mike! I agree - that blade would look alot better with blood, meat, and some fat stuck to it . That would be some good practice Yankee - after ya skin the deer ya gotta touch up the edge some. Just pick that edge back and forth - voila, resharpened..

[ber643]

I love it - ya both done fine. Great tips on the India Ink to color epoxy, and the pittch varnish too. (If I can just retain them - LOL)

[medicinewheel]

wow! - nice knife...f.

[Bishop]

well done fellas, pretty knife!...looking at Cowboys work never fails to remind me of how bad of a flintknapper i am....lol....
Bishop

[Justin Snyder]

That is great guys. It is a great knife and you should both be proud. Justin