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Offline dodd3

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old hickory nessmuck
« on: May 02, 2009, 12:24:22 AM »
did this friday 6" old hickory skinner knife reshaped the blade & handle with files,
took 1 3/4 hours but worth it the sheath was made by my nephew his first one he has ever made he is 11 years old he did a darn good job for his age.the  scales are native australian black cypress pine,don't let the pine word fool you this is a hard wood and that's it's natural color.
bernie :)






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Re: old hickory nessmuck
« Reply #1 on: May 02, 2009, 02:13:30 AM »
Nice work on  that. I did the same thing a few years ago on a different, but similarly shaped, blade and it turned into a nice skinner.  Last I heard it's on the belt of a missionary in South America.  The sheath is also especially nice.  I know full grown makers who can't do that well.
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Re: old hickory nessmuck
« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2009, 12:49:48 PM »
I have done several of those with the Old skinners and I am going to do a monster Nessie with a couple Old Hickory cleavers.
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Re: old hickory nessmuck
« Reply #3 on: May 15, 2009, 12:58:10 PM »
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Re: old hickory nessmuck
« Reply #4 on: July 13, 2009, 09:47:49 AM »
I'm gonna try this. I just bought the Old Hickory skinner. How did you remove the original handle. Just tap out the rivets ? Can I reuse the rivets in a new handle ? Just retired in January and have "not enough " time on my hands to do stuff like this.
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Re: old hickory nessmuck
« Reply #5 on: July 13, 2009, 10:05:52 AM »
The rivets can't be re-used; they're pounded together as a male/female join. If you're going to put different wood on it, then getting the handle off is easy.  The rivet heads are quite thin, so it's a matter of removing them on one side with a grinder or a file, they just tap them out.  I'm sure there are other ways.
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Re: old hickory nessmuck
« Reply #6 on: July 17, 2009, 11:52:38 AM »
Nice job! Looks like it was a fun project. Nice to see a kid getting involved early as well.
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