back in the spring i got hold of an old case xx kitchen knife. it had a great profile and i set it in a piece of mule deer antler. i have posted images of it in the works plus finished. you guys gave me some good advice on fixing problems with it. i loved the feel and shape of the knife and have searched high and low till i found another just like it. i found one nearly i denitcal to it but with an 8 inch blade instead of the 10 inch. i had to sand off the chromium finish on it like i did the other. i accidentally forgot it outside, covered in naval jelly and the jelly dried up and turned to a black powder on the blade. it was in direct sunlight from sun up till around 2 in the afternoon. i figured it was a loss but it actually gave the blade damascus type etch. looks better than the pic shows. i took off the old handle and set it in a deer legbone. i bleahced the bone and used a cleaning brush for a .22 to clean out the insides of the bone. then i put it back in bleach to clear out all the remaining gunk. next i used about 3/4 of a .32 ball to make a bit of a weight and put it in the bottom of the cavity. after doing that i filled the whole cavity with epoxy and let it set up. using a pencil i drew lines for the tang slot and cut them with a large cut off wheel on my dremel. i located the holes on the knife tang ad transfered them to the bone and drilled holes for 1/8 inch pins, epoxyed the tang and clamped it up to set for a day. i took some of Wicks advice and got a deer rawhide to do the wrap with. i cut it to fit and baseball stitched it on and tucked the ends of the sinew under it so when it shrank it held them tight. i was able to use the entire factory tang on this legbone. its about 3/4 length of the handle. all i have to do now is stain it and make a sheath
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