2 New Antiqued Knives

J. Neilson

J. Neilson

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This big chopper I'm calling "Brutus"..... just looks like one to me.

The blade is 10 1/4" of edge-quenched 5160 with forge-marked flats and a antiqued finish. The handle tang transitions from antiqued to polished at the filed thumb rest. The full tang is scaled with African Blackwood secured with stainless steel handle bolts and a matching lanyard liner and is 15" overall length.

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This belt knife is also full-tang and antique finished (the finish gooes all the way around the tang on this one) but, in 52100. The knife is 8" overall with a 3 5/8" cutting edge and is scaled with Moose antler and secured with worked stainless steel handle bolts. The handle has an exposed lanyard hole.

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Thanks guys. coat the blades with a mix of cold blue gun paste and yellow mustard, then leave them sit for a few days. Now the nasty part... I then boil them in bleach for 2-3 minutes 3-4 times scrubbing them with heavy steel wool. If you try this, make sure your protected, it's really bad for you & make sure to boil in baking soda and water after to neutralize everything.
J.
 
lovely work as always mate :)

i do like the belt knife in particular !
 
Nice work J :) Real nice !!

Both look absolutely super, but that little moose antler cutter is x-tra super.
In fact, I've never seen moose antler look so nice 2thumbs

If you don't mind me asking.......... how did you clean that up so nice ?


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David Wesner said:
Nice work J :) Real nice !!

Both look absolutely super, but that little moose antler cutter is x-tra super.
In fact, I've never seen moose antler look so nice 2thumbs

If you don't mind me asking.......... how did you clean that up so nice ?


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I didn't really do much David, it was in pretty good shape. The tricky part was trying to make is as symetrical as possible. She loooks a little lop sided from certain angles but, feels great in hand. I actually still debating on keeping this one for myself.

After I finished her up I scrubbed the antler down with WD-40 and a stiff nylon brush to clean and residue and such out. Then I dried it well and cleaned it with acetone to open everything up as much as possible, then stuck her in boiled linseed oil for about 6 hours.
J.
 
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