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New beaver knife. #8655820
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Picked up this nice bone handled beaver knife at the convention last weekend.
Kind of fancy but it will be a user.
The guy forges his own steel and knows one of the guys on the tv show forged in fire.

[Linked Image]

Will get to try it out this fall.

Last edited by Boco; Yesterday at 11:44 AM.

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Re: New beaver knife. [Re: Boco] #8655825
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Nice looking knife. Let us know how it works out for you.


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Re: New beaver knife. [Re: Boco] #8655839
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Very nice looking knife


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Re: New beaver knife. [Re: Boco] #8655841
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Very nice

Re: New beaver knife. [Re: Boco] #8655848
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Is the steel on par with a Dexter or similar? Nice looking knife.


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Re: New beaver knife. [Re: Boco] #8655850
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Nice looking and nice sheath as well


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Re: New beaver knife. [Re: Boco] #8655851
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Nice looking knife and sheath. What bone is that?


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Re: New beaver knife. [Re: Boco] #8655854
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If it dont skin good,,you can enter it in an "Ugly Knife" contest.Looks like he stole the sheath from a different knife,,looks like he chopped the guard off some old leather stacked handled knife and epoxied it on to that one,,and the handle is just plain creepy. grin

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Re: New beaver knife. [Re: Boco] #8655855
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Deer leg bone.Lug,end looks like knee joint.
Steel is carbon steel BP.


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Re: New beaver knife. [Re: Boco] #8655870
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This is a similar style beaver knife I made about 30 years ago.It is worn down quite a bit but I still use it to skin Otter.
I made the blade from a sandvik blade (very good steel,have made a lot of knives out of old sandvik brush axe blades) and the handle is moose antler with a soapstone pommel.
[Linked Image]


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Re: New beaver knife. [Re: Boco] #8655872
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Boco....you'll have to do a skinning demo ..up at Neils next year..

Dressed up in some of KSnow Buckskins..

Using that sweet knife !!

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Re: New beaver knife. [Re: Boco] #8655873
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I might just do that Nessy if you bring me a loaf of your sourdough.


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Re: New beaver knife. [Re: Boco] #8655876
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Really nice Boco!! I started building one a few years back I just need to get a handle started some day. It was from an old good quality knife I reconstructed for a beaver blade.


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Re: New beaver knife. [Re: Boco] #8655882
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Originally Posted by Boco
I might just do that Nessy if you bring me a loaf of your sourdough.


And drink some Molson XXX....lol


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Re: New beaver knife. [Re: Boco] #8655889
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Gorgeous knife!

Re: New beaver knife. [Re: Boco] #8655899
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Cool! Wicked looking sheath too.
One of these days I'll start using the knives on my display shelves....lol


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Re: New beaver knife. [Re: Boco] #8655910
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Originally Posted by Boco
This is a similar style beaver knife I made about 30 years ago.It is worn down quite a bit but I still use it to skin Otter.
I made the blade from a sandvik blade (very good steel,have made a lot of knives out of old sandvik brush axe blades) and the handle is moose antler with a soapstone pommel.
[Linked Image]

Very nice work


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Re: New beaver knife. [Re: Boco] #8655921
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Originally Posted by Boco
This is a similar style beaver knife I made about 30 years ago.It is worn down quite a bit but I still use it to skin Otter.
I made the blade from a sandvik blade (very good steel,have made a lot of knives out of old sandvik brush axe blades) and the handle is moose antler with a soapstone pommel.
[Linked Image]

THAT knife I like the looks of.You should give the other guy some knife making lessons.

Last edited by upstateNY; Yesterday at 05:13 PM.

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Re: New beaver knife. [Re: Boco] #8655922
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Originally Posted by Boco
Deer leg bone.Lug,end looks like knee joint.
Steel is carbon steel BP.


I thought it looked like a knee joint, couldn't tell from what critter though. Very nice.


Eh...wot?

Re: New beaver knife. [Re: Boco] #8655943
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Boco, what do you use for sharpening when they need more than a touch up?


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