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05-11-2005, 05:42 PM
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Picking up an older project
I forged this last July in central Virginia while camping and never did anything with it .
Something made me pick it back up yesterday. Dreaming of the hot days ahead maybe. It's 1095 clay treated. The handle is a bit long , but it I think it will look better proportioned once wrapped just to the finger notch. Cant decide on jute or flat cord. The color is still on from the last temper cycle. Kind of a shame the color doesnt last with use. What do you guys think I should wrap it with? Thanks for lookin 
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05-11-2005, 09:17 PM
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Wrap it with a one-way bus ticket to Georgia!
__________________ Carl Rechsteiner, Bladesmith Georgia Custom Knifemakers Guild, Charter Member Knifemakers Guild, voting member Registered Master Artist - GA Council for the Arts C Rex Custom Knives Blade Show Table 6-H
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05-11-2005, 09:26 PM
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handle stuff
Hey Mark -
I like the looks of that knife.. With the way you did the back end of the tang, how about a hide of some type ?? One of those rawhide chews from the store; leave it in warm water; unravel, and some hide glue, and that would look primal and primitive.. Or maybe sinew and hide glue ??? You do really good work.. 
__________________ Be well.. Thom ( limpin' frog ) Davis Quote:
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05-12-2005, 10:20 AM
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Good one Carl. That was real quick on the trigger.
Mark we'er gona be lookin for you at TR. Hope you can make it. jc __________________ IF YOU DON'T STAND FOR SOMETHING YOU'LL FALL FOR ANYTHING.... GEORGIA CUSTOM KNIFEMAKERS GUILD / CHARTER MEMBER
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05-12-2005, 10:40 AM
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That is a good looking knife. Sometimes you need to chew on em awhile before they tell ya what they want to be. I am working on one right now that I threw down awhile back.
__________________ "Many are chosen, but few are Pict" "The doer alone, learneth" NT Neo-Devo 
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05-12-2005, 11:04 AM
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Thanks Guys,
I'd rather send you guys a map to the great wide open spaces out West. There are some 20 acre lots on a mountain so tall , you can see the curvature of the earth. Just come on out there and lets just buy us the whole mountain.
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#7
05-12-2005, 11:13 AM
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That sounds really good. I can reach out my window and touch my neighbors house.
__________________ "Many are chosen, but few are Pict" "The doer alone, learneth" NT Neo-Devo
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#8
05-12-2005, 12:59 PM
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Hammerdown,
Need to switch hammer hands! Sounds like you've overworked your favored. Couldn't stand it, gotta be able to park the bass boat in the back. CRex __________________ Carl Rechsteiner, Bladesmith Georgia Custom Knifemakers Guild, Charter Member Knifemakers Guild, voting member Registered Master Artist - GA Council for the Arts C Rex Custom Knives Blade Show Table 6-H
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#9
05-12-2005, 07:41 PM
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Good thing we are grandfathered in. I get to keep mine and the RV right out in the front yard.
 As I think about it, all my knives could be considerd abandoned projects.  here is one orphink __________________ "Many are chosen, but few are Pict" "The doer alone, learneth" NT Neo-Devo
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#10
05-16-2005, 05:15 PM
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Beautiful blade, Mark!
IMHO it would look great with a rawhide wrap and jute cord turk's head knots spaced out overtop.
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#11
05-18-2005, 06:27 AM
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Sounds like a plan Phillip 
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