My first homemade antler knife

[freebullet]

It all started when I seen a buddies antler knife a few years ago. He told me how he had sent in the antler to a knife maker, while I admired it. Being a somewhat handy guy I knew it wouldn't be long before I would attempt making my own. After shooting a big bodied deer with a broken rack on one side I thought about how I wanted to accomplish the build. I decided to haft it in pewter. It's not quite done & I haven't made a sheath yet, but I'm purty stoked with the result.

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[500MAG]

Looks real nice.

[imashooter2]

A fine example! What did you use for the bolster fill? Pewter, tin, ...?

[freebullet]

Yep its set in pewter then I made a paper mold & filled the bolster.

[John Allen]

I like it. I have never seen one done with a split antler like that. I will have to post the skinning knife I made out of a sawall blade tonight.

[Bo1]

Very nice... I like it..
Bo

[waksupi]

Lots better than my first attempt!

[Bored1]

Now I see why you were so excited about those salt & pepper shakers!!!!!

Next time you'll have to take before & after pics, no ones gonna believe those used to be beautiful shakers!!! Outcome is much better than the original product in my opinion!!!

[300savage]

Most of these kinds of attempts look like something that a person would set on the mantle and forget about, I have to admit this thing just begs to get bloody.
Great job.

[freebullet]

Thanks for the compliments. It is backwards from most, but the way it fit my hand made trying it that way neccesary. I made it for use, so I'm hopeful it will get bloody before November is over.
I did take pics of the shakers just cause they were cool. If they hadn't had condition issues & missing the little spoon, I would have used them as they were.
I used the bucks other antler for my homemade fold up deer decoy.
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[groovy mike]

very nice!

[Ivantherussian03]

Nice work

[Browningshooter]

That's beautiful Dude.. Nice work!
-will

[GOPHER SLAYER]

I like the knife you made and I especialy like the staight simplicity of the blade.

[Junior1942]

Yep its set in pewter then I made a paper mold & filled the bolster.How? Filled with what?

[1bilmr59]

You did a good job I will have to try some day.

[digger44]

Very nice

[roverboy]

Looks real good. They're works of art.

[freebullet]

Drilled a hole in the antler slightly larger than the tang. I hogged it out so down inside it has a somewhat pie shape for the tin to lock into. Fit & soldered the brass guard to the blade. I used a dremel rasp to make the entrance to the opening fit the begining of the blade shank. Then I used the above pictured pewter(97% tin & lead free) salt & pepper shaker set. I melted it, got it real hot. Heated the blade tang, poured in the tin & pushed the tang in all the way. After that cooled I made a paper mold out of card stock & used standard masking tape to hold it in place. Then filled the mold with the melted tin. That fills the area between the antler & guard. After that its a mess of files & sanding/polishing.
I'm working on a sheath for it now.

[GLL]

Very nicely done !
I look forward to seeing the completed sheath.

Jerry