Ron Kulas
Active Member
A friend from Maine (a Maliseet Indian) sent me a small moose antler and asked that I make a knife for a friend of ours, using the antler.
I cut the handle from a section of the antler that provided a finger guard.
Then picked a blade form that matched the handle.
Then made an O1 steel blade with a little file work.
Then contoured the brass and added a some ink.
Next I made a sheath with a moose antler image.
I used the tip of the antler as a display base.
These are the pics I got from our friend. He got several diff bucks in diff states.
It's a good feeling to make a useful tool that can be enjoyed by another.
I cut the handle from a section of the antler that provided a finger guard.
![hawn7.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi28.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc239%2F212007154%2Fknives%2Fhawn7.jpg&hash=714ee939c6930719be7358b04fd6d403)
![hawn8.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi28.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc239%2F212007154%2Fknives%2Fhawn8.jpg&hash=915b40ac93e7e09d3b36dadd4edc12f1)
Then picked a blade form that matched the handle.
![hawn91.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi28.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc239%2F212007154%2Fknives%2Fhawn91.jpg&hash=d01cda1ee676bcef4ebd75181e395d2f)
Then made an O1 steel blade with a little file work.
![hawn95.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi28.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc239%2F212007154%2Fknives%2Fhawn95.jpg&hash=4f2caf870b6f28f9c950d9941a9a1c35)
![hawn96.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi28.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc239%2F212007154%2Fknives%2Fhawn96.jpg&hash=f1d17d1abf16d10ec08b0544188a7348)
Then contoured the brass and added a some ink.
![hawn998.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi28.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc239%2F212007154%2Fknives%2Fhawn998.jpg&hash=9917d9c7d3cf83fe041a9d42e2ca7c5f)
![hawn997.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi28.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc239%2F212007154%2Fknives%2Fhawn997.jpg&hash=5ab907f971404699d1cdc8d7b2623e4e)
Next I made a sheath with a moose antler image.
![hawn9992.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi28.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc239%2F212007154%2Fknives%2Fhawn9992.jpg&hash=d4c369bf511f88ae3b1eef08960e583e)
I used the tip of the antler as a display base.
![hawn9995.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi28.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc239%2F212007154%2Fknives%2Fhawn9995.jpg&hash=56b48de10940d683b508c225829bf1b0)
![hawn9998.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi28.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc239%2F212007154%2Fknives%2Fhawn9998.jpg&hash=9b62fe999e091e03aef201814e9b9460)
![hawn995.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi28.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc239%2F212007154%2Fknives%2Fhawn995.jpg&hash=d96c66d365bb32c9c0808d5e80dc4e99)
These are the pics I got from our friend. He got several diff bucks in diff states.
![ericknife05.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi28.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc239%2F212007154%2Fknives%2Fericknife05.jpg&hash=982fafc22e9fc41244a60867fad165cd)
![ericknife04.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi28.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc239%2F212007154%2Fknives%2Fericknife04.jpg&hash=3b734250527e4393c06619014860ee87)
![ericknife03.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi28.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc239%2F212007154%2Fknives%2Fericknife03.jpg&hash=8ed159faa7356b390a280fbb1ac4985b)
![ericknife01.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi28.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc239%2F212007154%2Fknives%2Fericknife01.jpg&hash=e5a486d5ebfa1314be5bf7372930c6d2)
![ericknife06.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi28.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc239%2F212007154%2Fknives%2Fericknife06.jpg&hash=c92cfe5ec69bd99e8cd2ff0b73a358bf)
![ericknife07.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi28.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc239%2F212007154%2Fknives%2Fericknife07.jpg&hash=1bdb02eb80c675f28cbe7327c9465240)
It's a good feeling to make a useful tool that can be enjoyed by another.