Coyote patch knife
Just finished up this little patch knife. Aged coyote jawbone handle with decorative sinew wraps. 3 7/8" forged blade. 3 1/2" cutting edge, 8" overall length. No sheath yet Z
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I really like this one. The design/shape/how the blade fits the handle is beatiful and what I like most is how the colors of the blade, jaw bone and teeth contrast with each other.What did you use to...
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The bone was bleach white when I started. I actually used a medium color brown shoe dye. Applied it with an applicator on everything including the teeth and then wiped it quickly with a clean cloth. I...
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Real nice! Has a great "paleo" flair to it. Hope to see you show it again when the sheath is done.
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Shoe dye, that's interesting! I never would have thought of using that on bone.I also really like the sinew wrappings. It might look cool if you stain the sinew with red ochre. Just an idea.Like...
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Very nice!! Jawbone handles are not the easiest thing to deal with but you pulled it off nicely....You are a talented guy!! I've used shoe and alcohol based leather dye on bone....Also boiling in fat...
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Finally got the sheath done. Dyed braintanned buckskin with rawhide liner. White beaded edge with hand rolled cones with dyed deer hair. Quill wrapped neck strap
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That came out great! I like the red dye. The natives I grew up with loved red. It's abo...
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