Elk Antler Knife

[Non-Typical Solutions]

My son gave me a knife tang so I decided to try and be "creative" which I am normally not.

 

I have spent a year picking it up fiddling with it, putting it down thinkin about it....messing with it, getting mad, frustrated ready to throw it out the window.

 

When I was done, I decided to look at a catalog for knife parts and found out they all kinds of cool things to "help" with the project. DUH!!!

 

Instead of getting the nice set screws I used just simple roll pins, sure wish I woulda looked at that catalog before I started.

 

So the tang is embedded with two part epoxy and the roll pins. It is in solid but probably should have used the nice set screws instead.

 

 

All said and done, probably not a practical knife for using, but maybe a great conversation knife.

 

 

 

[Snapshot]

Maybe not practical, but a heck of a nice show piece.

[BigMoqui]

That's pretty cool. I've done a few with brass pins I cut from brass rod you can get at Home Depot or Ace. Also some of those websites have pins made of multiple materials like brass and copper and when you cut them the cross section has a pattern like a star or flower. Pretty neat stuff out there. Here are some examples.

http://www.alibaba.com/product-free/125637977/Mosaic_Pins_for_Knife_Handles_8mm.html

[Willyhunts2]

That's pretty cool. Good job

[CouesWhitetail]

very nice!

[Hunterjohnny]

Neat, looks good.