Moose antler and O1 steel

[Rancid Crabtree]

A friend from Maine, sent me a small moose antler and asked that I make a knife for a friend of ours, using the antler.

I cut the handle from a section of the antler that provided a finger guard.

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Then picked a blade form that matched the handle.

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Then made an O1 steel blade with a little file work.

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Then contoured the brass and added a some ink.

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Next I made a sheath and freehanded in a moose antler image.

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I used the tip of the antler as a display base.

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[Rancid Crabtree]

These are the pics I got from our friend who now owns the knife. He got several diff bucks in diff states that year.

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It's a good feeling to make a useful tool that can be enjoyed by another.