2muchgun
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Really sucks when you have a knife 90% done and you ruin it! Here is one I did a while back. Stag is an imperfect material and kind of tricky to match up just right as far as looks and symmetry go. I had very little mulie antler to work with when I made these scales. Because the scales are rounded, my one pin hole ended up a little bit off. I believe I did not re-ream the hole out after I glued the last scale on, and it cost me big time. Think I had some glue still hardened up in the hole. I panicked and forced the pin through so the glue would not set on me. When I turned it over, I had taken a nice chunk out of the stag
The chunk is deeper than it appears in the pic:
Another pic taken before I pinned it:
It had cool blue liners, but had to go with black after I tore the whole damm knife back apart, recut the stag, and made new rosewood bolsters(old ones were ironwood). Here it is now. I already have
Already managed to scratch it up a bit, and I never even did finish buffing it. Truth is, for a hunting knife, I don't like it. Cuts a mean steak though......
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Another pic taken before I pinned it:
It had cool blue liners, but had to go with black after I tore the whole damm knife back apart, recut the stag, and made new rosewood bolsters(old ones were ironwood). Here it is now. I already have
Already managed to scratch it up a bit, and I never even did finish buffing it. Truth is, for a hunting knife, I don't like it. Cuts a mean steak though......
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