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Thanks Wingman. the Enfield 2 piece stock has a few tricky areas that most one piece stocks do not.

Maybe these show it better. Afternoon sun though.

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A Wapiti Hunter for a very big man so had to make the handle a 1/2 in longer than normal to suit his hands. A nice set of spalted Hackberry scales with snake knot lanyard over curve backed buffalo...

Finished and ready to be delivered. Horrible light to get best pics so not best for for glare etc as without the window light I needed the overhead light and that was just too reflective.
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More ready to go with a General purpose kitchen and pairing knife in NitroV with spilled acrylic as a gift for a friend.
An EDC with curly eucalyptus over 1084 blade in stamped sheath with attached...

Another thing to think about is reshaping the blades to take some of the big upsweep off them. Careful grinding to minimise heat and you can do a great deal with an old knife that has good steel by...

Cold working destroys steel so no you cant move metal into different shapes without heat and enough heat (red at least) so it will move under the hammer without cracking so what you contemplate...

A 1075 J T Ranger with scalloped OD canvas micarta in cross draw sheath
and a 1084 Light Hunter with Totora handle and blaze snake knot lanyard in plain sheath.

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On the home stretch now with the hand rubbed coats going on every few days.

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The second Professional Hunter with spalted Hackberry over curve backed buffalo horn in a plain pocket pouch sheath is on its way to a new home.

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The first of the knives with the new batch of spalted Hackberry away today. I love the way the colours and patterns remind me of the old time maps and globes. A Professional Hunter with the spalted...

Had a box of long awaited handle blocks and scale sets arrive this morning

Red and Yellow Cedar burl
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Amboyna burl
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Last thing yesterday I brushed over the stock with a coat of BLO and rubbed it off immediately to get a base colour to work from and see how much tone improvement the red oil would bring.
This was...

Have wet sanded to 1000grt and will now sit like this now till I am ready to apply the red oil. I had got a different lot of alkanet root this time (bark and root instead of powder) and it hadn't...

Sanded from the 120 grt through 320 and 600 and the first wet sand at 600. will do another at 600 and then go to 1000grt.

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Sanded from the 120 grt through 320 and 600 and the first wet sand at 600. will do another at 600 and then go to 1000grt.

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I did do that the other day and have it sanded to 600grt. Have a load of firewood to put away tomorrow and then it will be filling the grain. Waiting for some more alkanet root to arrive so I can...

Some knives for a local customer with the handles from an old Totora verandah post he had. I cut, oven dried, and stabilised them for a handle that is not effected by varying atmospheric conditions...

An EDC with aged giraffe bone over curve buffalo horn with stainless and black G10 spacers on the x pattern stainless damascus. A snake knot lanyard with silver rings and white bead will assist in...

A Mini Skiner away to a NZ customer to be forwarded on to a family member in Czechia so that is another country added to those where my knives have found new homes. maple burl with a little spalting...

A Heavy Hunter away to go on safari next month for elephant tail. Aged Giraffe bone over cb buffalo horn bolster on the 1075 blade in closed top sheath with attached honing steel.
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Elios Gun shop in South Dunedin and depending on what time you are going through you could stop in at my place in Lawrence

A Light Hunter with acacia over the 1084 blade having an inch of jimping with blaze orange snake knot lanyard in deep pouch sheath.

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This one donated to the annual auction at the Kansas City chapter of Safari Club International .
A Professional Hunter with Arizona Desert Ironwood over a curve backed Buffalo Horn bolster on the...

No that is cape buffalo from South Africa although I do use mostly water buffalo horn for knife handles that I source from a US firm who get it from an Indian bulk supply house.
Have had a lot of...