a knife for a mate

[fishfish]

ive been working on a nice hunter knife for my mate 'mayfly'.its a hunter in 440 stainless steel,the handle is montanna ivory with red liners and a brass lanyard tube,ive still got a lot of shaping and polishing to do , and when thats done i will be scrimshawing a picture of a mayfly on the ivory handle.

jobs done! ive finished the knife, polished and scrimshawed with the mayfly pic! i was quite nervouse about the scrimshaw but ime chuffed with the way its come out!
now i have the sheath to make this evening,i love sheath making,quite theraputic!

 

[hiraeth]

Nice work that, bet the scrimshaw needed a steady hand to do.

 

[fishfish]

just a bit! i was terrified of messing it up!

 

[cattyman]

fish mate, whats a scrimshaw?....mack

 

[spamel]

Scrimshaw is the picture carved into the handle, usually on bone or antler. It's a good job too Fishy!

 

[Mesquite]

fish mate, whats a scrimshaw?....mack

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrimshaw

Lovely work there FF. How long did it take you to do the scrimshaw part?

 

[brancho]

Nicely made knife not a style I like but that scimshaw is excellent indeed :You_Rock_

 

[fishfish]

thanks for the kind words guys,the scrim actually only took half hour!