I'm basically finished with my knife for Clint.
I started with one of those big beef dog bones sold at Wal Mart and other places. I sawed the knuckles off of each end(my dogs loved that) and boiled the mid section for about 30 to 45 minutes then removed the marrow and any tissue on the outside. I then split it in half lengthwise and use the best half for the bone dagger blade. The handle is a piece of Cholla that Jon(JEB) sent me a while back. I wanted to fill the holed in the cholla so I stuffed the center of the cholla with cotton first then used JB Weld as the filler and for hafting the blade. I also sinew wrapped the handle at the blade and added a cow horn but cap.
I shaped the blade first on the belt sander then use rasps and files then smoothed it with emery cloth and and 0000 steel wool. The cholla handle was initially sealed with super glue then Tru-Oil with a rub down with 0000 steel wool between applications. I still want to give it a few more coats then it's off to it's new home. The sheath I made from brain tanned scraps that NCLonghunter(Lyman) sent me a while back.
Here are a few pics. Hope you like it Clint.
