neck knife

[jasontn]

heres a neat knife i found at a flea market in nashville it was filthy and appeared to be wood handled but after a good cleaning it turned out to be bone been told maybe ivory but im sticking with bone anyways it was a table knife butter knife round style blade bout 3 inches longer than now i cut it down and re edged it my question is this the blade is only barely 1/8th thick i know a knifes for cutting but is this too thin for any practical use? what im looking at is a small game knife/patch/general purpose no buthering or any such thanx guys

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b116/jasontn38581/neckknife.jpg

 

[jasontn]

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[jasontn]

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[jasontn]

sorry for all the replies and re trys im kinda new at this stuff

 

[musketman]

sorry for all the replies and re trys im kinda new at this stuff

We all have to start somewhere...

You do the beadwork yourself?

 

[jasontn]

yep i do all my own stuff at least all i am capable of doing and some i aint real good at but i do it anyways i just learned how to use the camera and photobuckett so ill psot some more stuff soon as i can

 

[3 stinky dogs]

Hey that is a nice knife.I like the sheath and bead work to.

 

[fatboy]

I like what you did good job !! Can you explain how you trimmed and shaped it ?

 

[jasontn]

when i bought it the blade was around 7 inches long with a butter knife style tip a typical table knife i have learned i took a cut off wheel on my dremel and cut the blade at an angle low side on the cutting edge high side towards spine to keep it cool i had it laid on a damp towel next i used a sanding drum on low speed to round the new edge out of the angle the rest i did with some needle files to give it a proper cutting edge i styled the new edge after scalper style knives i also took a drum and tapered the spine down some to reduce the curve of it its a really thin less than an 1/8 close to a 1/16 so it didnt take much to reshape it i aint real good with details hope this helps ya out crazy crow sells a new style of knife such as this if ya want to look ad see what it started life as i been told this one and a few more like it are from the late 1800s early 1900s

 

[onefeather]

i like it nice nife looks like it would fit in back then i like simple knives like that :front:

 

[shmrck1]

what im looking at is a small game knife/patch/general purpose no buthering or any such thanx guys

Jasontn,
:imo: it would serve you well for what
you are looking for. Just wondering if you know how it
holds an edge?
snake-eyes