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All Things Sharp and Pointed: compound and crossbows, knives and swords.
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marthandan
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by marthandan » Sat May 12, 2012 4:57 pm
thank you all for your comments
ak27...sorry...wrong on both accounts. you are close on the button but not the dye.
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Sakobav
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by Sakobav » Sat May 12, 2012 6:09 pm
M
Nice effort and product
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by dr.jayakumar » Sat May 12, 2012 6:39 pm
friesnd,
thats a nice peice of blade you got.
i have very less knowledge about knives,but i can say its a result of some good hand.
is this your second knife you are posting?
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marthandan
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by marthandan » Sat May 12, 2012 10:20 pm
Dr., thank you.
its actually the third knife if you include moin's kirdashi.
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ak27
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by ak27 » Sat May 12, 2012 11:52 pm
marthandan wrote:thank you all for your comments
ak27...sorry...wrong on both accounts. you are close on the button but not the dye.
Well I guess the button is made of buffalo horn...
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marthandan
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by marthandan » Sun May 13, 2012 12:03 am
ak27...the button is deer antler and the dye is Garnier hair dye
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ak27
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by ak27 » Sun May 13, 2012 12:12 am
marthandan wrote:ak27...the button is deer antler
Did you carve the button out of the antler? How did you do it and what tools did you use for achieving such a Finesse?
marthandan wrote:and the dye is Garnier hair dye
Now that's certainly hard to guess!!

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marthandan
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by marthandan » Sun May 13, 2012 12:32 pm
ak27...i used a jeweller's saw (basically, a mini hack saw) and a couple of hand files to make the button.
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