Another knife!

[dikman]

I've got these antler tines that I don't know what to do with, so......it can be held like a pen and the tine curves over the back of the hand, or it can be held like a pocket knife. Now I just have to work on the edge, I just can't seem to get them sharp enough lately, they'll cut but......

[DieselTech]

Nice work! 

[chuck123wapati]

13 hours ago, dikman said:

I've got these antler tines that I don't know what to do with, so......it can be held like a pen and the tine curves over the back of the hand, or it can be held like a pocket knife. Now I just have to work on the edge, I just can't seem to get them sharp enough lately, they'll cut but......

your making some nice stuff, i would suggest you try and lengthen the edge bevel. I have built a lot of knives out of saw blades before building my forge and at first, i had the same edge problems. the grind is too steep so it doesn't take an edge well and also will drag in the leather. Also, a nice polish helps with the dragging problem, actually, the blade gets pinched in the cut as it is just to thick 

What critters have antlers over there in Oz? Or is that a roo tusk lol.

[dikman]

Chuck, non of the native species have antlers or tusks (not even drop bears!) they come from introduced (and now considered pest) species. This tine came off a youngish fallow deer, unfortunately they tend to have thinnish antlers with large palms and lots of smallish tines, so it's difficult to get a lot of material that's useable as knife handles. The palms look really nice but so far I haven't figured out a use for them (too thin).

There are several species of deer across Australia, I just take what I'm offered. I did have some off a Rusa or Sambar that was nice and thick but I used it up making grips for my revolvers.

And yes, I've got to work on the blade a bit, this was in way of an experiment so I'll play around with it a bit - when it gets cooler, it's supposed to be 42*C today!!!!!