Something different

[terryl308]

I've only made one of these! A good customer of mine brought me over a African Lion skull a couple of years ago and wanted me to make two huge knife blades to put in the lower jaw bone. Then I made the walnut stand and mounted both knives and the skull on it. Quite a project to say the least , but thought I would show it to who ever is interested. Terry

[Railsplitter]

WOW! I like that a LOT!

[tongueriver]

I really like the shape and grind of the blades.

[Quick Steel]

Double WOW! Terry. That is a very impressive display. I suspect few people, including myself, have ever seen a lion's skull.

[terryl308]

guess I should have started this post with these photo's. The customer brought me the already cleaned and bleached skull. I cut the bottom jaw in half to start with and left all the teeth in place. Terry

[espn77]

No that's Bad #@$

[Tony_Wood]

Nice work.
Great display.

[terryl308]

Thanks for all the replies guys! I knew you guys would like to see it, not too many lion skulls in my neck of the woods! I should have put a ruler by it, it is bigger than it appears, the table it is on measures about 36"::tu:: Terry

[doglegg]

Great job and display. Thanks for the 36 in reference, those aren't small blades. Those jaw bones are impressive both before and after.

[philco]

Terry that's a very impressive display. You have a lot of talent.

[wlf]

Very unique and artistic Terry.

[glennbad]

That is dang cool!

[terryl308]

thanks for the replies, I did make him a miniature model using a bobcat skull but don't have a photo of it. It was kind of cute! but the blades were just epoxied on the back, not thick enough to drill a hole for the tang. The gentleman had been a really good customer of mine, making over 30 knives, so I gifted him the bobcat model. Made his day! Terry

[terryl308]

I did find a photo of the bobcat display, got the crs kicking in! The knives are only about 6" overall length.