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Offline osage outlaw

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Hickory Bill Knife
« on: July 21, 2016, 08:07:22 am »
Hickory Bill sent me these pictures and asked that I post them for him.  He's having internet issues at the moment. 

It's a file knife with osage burl scales. 







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Offline Urufu_Shinjiro

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Re: Hickory Bill Knife
« Reply #1 on: July 21, 2016, 10:15:04 am »
oooh, very nice!
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« Reply #2 on: July 21, 2016, 01:34:01 pm »
Gorgeous scales. I like the shape of the larger blade. Good looking edges Bill.
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Offline JW_Halverson

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« Reply #3 on: July 21, 2016, 04:38:01 pm »
Either one would be mighty useful in the woods.  Tell him I likey very muchly!
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Offline Outbackbob48

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Re: Hickory Bill Knife
« Reply #4 on: July 21, 2016, 06:38:21 pm »
OO, I stopped and spent the day with Bill a couple of weeks ago and got to see the Osage burl knife in person and man it is definitely a keeper, I have got 3 of Bills knives and they just keep on getting better and better. His sheaths are also excellent, If you have one of his bows and a knives you are well equipted for anything that comes along. Bob
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Offline HickoryBill

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Re: Hickory Bill Knife
« Reply #5 on: July 21, 2016, 06:48:43 pm »
Clint..thanks for the scale material and thanks for posting the pics for me..
Pearl and JW..thanks for the kind words
Bob..thanks for the compliment...im glad ya like the knives ive gave ya..even tho the first 2 were kinda rough...im real happy with the last one I gave ya
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Re: Hickory Bill Knife
« Reply #6 on: July 22, 2016, 03:54:00 am »
Beautiful knives, very fine work. :)
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Re: Hickory Bill Knife
« Reply #7 on: July 22, 2016, 08:00:50 am »
Wow very nice
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« Reply #8 on: July 22, 2016, 08:40:06 am »
Very nice complete sets/Sheaths and knives.Beautiful work.Last a lifetime if you don't lose em....lol.That's happened to me and really pissed me off.I think it's because a person gets so much stuff around him that sooner or later a person just plain misplaces stuff.
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Re: Hickory Bill Knife
« Reply #9 on: July 22, 2016, 10:54:20 am »
Ohhhhh nice work, and that burl is gorgeous
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Offline JEB

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Re: Hickory Bill Knife
« Reply #10 on: July 23, 2016, 01:23:17 pm »
Good looking knife.

Anyone know what files are good ones for knife making? I picked up a bag of them at a yard sale. They are  Grodet, Lenox, Heller, Simonds and Nicholson.  Not quite sure what I am going to do with them yet.
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Offline HickoryBill

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Re: Hickory Bill Knife
« Reply #11 on: July 23, 2016, 03:24:32 pm »
JEB..I try to stick with Nickleson files for knives as they are made from 1095 high carbon steel...a long time favored steel for knives..some say any  older file made in the usa is farelly safe for knives...
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Hickory Bill Knife
« Reply #12 on: July 23, 2016, 08:28:06 pm »
Nicholson would be my preferred brand.  I've used a couple of other brands and they turned out good.  I look for old USA made files. 
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Offline Catahoula

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Re: Hickory Bill Knife
« Reply #13 on: July 23, 2016, 10:21:02 pm »
Hi,

That osage is pretty awesome...nice knives.

Rand
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Re: Hickory Bill Knife
« Reply #14 on: July 24, 2016, 09:11:47 am »
Hickorybill, did you have to stabilize the osage before you used it for the handle?
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