ohio ramrod
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Well the deer was in the orchard last fall. So I thought I would made some knife handles out of his antlers. Once I got started I made some more knifes out of more files and used some wood I have had around for several years. Some walnut,cherry, birdseye maple, mulberry, oak burl and even some chery. Just as the old buckskinners I never throw away any good steel. I find old files are a great high carbon steel. You can work them cold if you have a lot of patience and time. Or put them in the old woodburner over night to anneal, hot forge them to shape and then reharden and temper.