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Post by Woodyrock on Sept 24, 2011 17:32:09 GMT -5
Here are two knives I made today. The haft carvings are Coast Salish inspired. The first is an Eagle carved from Yellow Cedar with silver sheen obsidian. the second is a Coast Salish Sea Monster carved in Mahogany, with Mahogany obsidian. Woody Eagle  Sea Monster  |
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Post by FrogAndBearCreations on Sept 24, 2011 17:45:20 GMT -5
those are pretty cool!
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Post by Toad on Sept 24, 2011 17:45:54 GMT -5
Neat knives. I like them.
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Don
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Post by Don on Sept 24, 2011 18:18:58 GMT -5
Very nice work woody! I'm curious, how functional are the blades?
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NDK
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Post by NDK on Sept 24, 2011 19:44:53 GMT -5
Spectacular knives Woody!
Nate
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Post by Woodyrock on Sept 24, 2011 22:58:22 GMT -5
Don:
For sharpness, the blades can be very functional. However, the obsidian is very brittle and will break, or chip easily. They will skin, and field dress a Deer or Elk as well if not better than steel.
Nearly all of the blades I make, are art, and intentionally dulled to prevent curious people testing that sharpness with a finger. for some reason unknown to me most women will run a finger or thumb on the blade to see if it will cut. If not dulled that cut will be to the bone.
If someone wants a sharp one, I will not dull it, but I do warn them of the sharpness..
Woody
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Post by adrian65 on Sept 24, 2011 23:56:44 GMT -5
Beautiful! I think that when holding strongly the first one, you can close the eagle's beak, cannot you?
Great match of blade and handle in the 2nd one.
Adrian
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dtcmor
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Post by dtcmor on Sept 25, 2011 4:01:08 GMT -5
Those are awesome Woody! I really like the first one with the silver sheen blade. It gives me some great ideas as I start to work on crafting my own stone knives.
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Post by Rockoonz on Sept 25, 2011 10:45:18 GMT -5
Very nice Woody. I do intend to learn knapping at the earliest opportunity.
Lee
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Post by roy on Sept 25, 2011 11:24:06 GMT -5
very nice woody!
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Post by mossyrockhound on Sept 25, 2011 11:35:44 GMT -5
Great job Woody! Your knife collection is growing by leaps and bounds.
And oh BTW, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Garry
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Post by tntmom on Sept 25, 2011 13:28:23 GMT -5
Now those are impressive! Very nice!!
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greaser
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Post by greaser on Sept 25, 2011 16:39:13 GMT -5
nice those are beautiful.
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SteveHolmes
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Post by SteveHolmes on Sept 25, 2011 22:48:01 GMT -5
Is there anything you can't do Woody? Love that 1st one! Thanks for sharing.
steve
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Post by Roller on Sept 25, 2011 23:53:35 GMT -5
now thats cool !
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Post by rockmanken on Sept 26, 2011 17:34:43 GMT -5
Super impressive work. Love them.
Ken
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stasiak
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Post by stasiak on Sept 26, 2011 21:14:44 GMT -5
Crazy nice!
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Post by Gem'n I on Sept 27, 2011 14:18:58 GMT -5
Great creative work Woody...you're not getting older....just better!!!
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Post by Bikerrandy on Oct 2, 2011 10:06:46 GMT -5
I somehow missed this post, those are way cool!! I'm really amazed at the blades, they're absolutely flawless  |
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