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The closest i've come to dying

Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 11:01 pm
by muskrat man
This dang near kilt me before I got it finished. Now.........I have to make it's big brother! :shock:

This started out as a 9" flat blade Frank B. swivel bolster stiletto. I made new nickel silver bolsters, the fronts being maltese guards, the rears being in shot shell extractor style (functional) in 12 ga and 16 ga. Flush nickel silver button, smooth blue bone handles with red liners, and modified vine filework. She's a hefty bugger with all that solid NS on her.!

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Re: The closest i've come to dying

Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 11:06 pm
by glenn
::nod:: ::tu:: Very nice indeed ::tu::

Re: The closest i've come to dying

Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 12:04 am
by Darksev
Holy crap man, that thing is fantastic! You're guilt tripping me without even knowing it. I have not done a single knife yet this year. I have a camillus, a kingston and a spyderco all broken down on the bench, but zero motivation.

top notch work man!

Re: The closest i've come to dying

Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 4:14 am
by orvet
Very nice Kaleb.
Extra Nice!!! ::tu:: ::tu:: ::tu::
I like it and I don't normally like that style!

Dale

Re: The closest i've come to dying

Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 4:28 am
by gmusic
Good job Kaleb!

Why is the butt shaped like that?

Re: The closest i've come to dying

Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 4:48 am
by muskrat man
gmusic wrote:Good job Kaleb!

Why is the butt shaped like that?

Thanks folks:

" the rears being in shot shell extractor style (functional) in 12 ga and 16 ga."

They were used for grabbing jammed shotshell casings in double and single barrel shotguns; aids in extraction of stuck casings. This was particularly common problem with old double barrels and paper shotshells becuase if the paper hulls got wet they would swell in the chamber and would not extract and so this came in handy for grabbing the rim of the case and manually extracting the stuck casings.

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Re: The closest i've come to dying

Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 4:53 am
by gmusic
pretty cool.................thanks for the reply!

Re: The closest i've come to dying

Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 7:46 pm
by WelderBob
Neat looking knife and those shell pullers do come in handy... ::tu::

Re: The closest i've come to dying

Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 12:18 am
by Gunsmoke47
Great Knife Kaleb! ::tu:: ::tu::