Results 1 to 19 of 19

Thread: Farriers Rasp Bowie Knife

  1. #1


  2. #2
    Senior Member Phaedrus's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2011
    Location
    The Last Best Place
    Posts
    1,508

    Default

    Very nice!

  3. #3
    Administrator Rick's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2007
    Location
    Central Indiana
    Posts
    58,832

    Default

    Hokey Smokes! That thing is beautiful.

  4. #4

    Default

    WOW!

    Nice piece.

  5. #5

    Default

    That's a beautiful piece.
    Is that a section of jawbone?
    If we are to have another contest in…our national existence I predict that the dividing line will not be Mason and Dixon's, but between patriotism & intelligence on the one side, and superstition, ambition & ignorance on the other…
    ~ President Ulysses S. Grant

  6. #6
    Super Moderator crashdive123's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2008
    Location
    North Florida
    Posts
    44,846

    Default

    I believe (not 100% sure) that it is a piece of cow leg bone.
    Can't Means Won't

    My Youtube Channel

  7. #7
    Administrator Rick's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2007
    Location
    Central Indiana
    Posts
    58,832

    Default

    Jeeese. A cow with one short leg. Not good I tell ya.

  8. #8
    Super Moderator crashdive123's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2008
    Location
    North Florida
    Posts
    44,846

    Default

    Makes em easier to catch and put on the supper table. It's a public service that I perform at no extra charge.
    Can't Means Won't

    My Youtube Channel

  9. #9

    Default

    crash that is one fine knife there,BTW the bone is a deer leg not cow.
    i've used them plenty for flint knapped knife handles before.
    coyotes listen to them, like children of the night what music they make.

  10. #10
    Super Moderator crashdive123's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2008
    Location
    North Florida
    Posts
    44,846

    Default

    It is not a deer bone.
    Can't Means Won't

    My Youtube Channel

  11. #11
    Senior Member Phaedrus's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2011
    Location
    The Last Best Place
    Posts
    1,508

    Default

    Is it a horse bone? That would make sense if so (given the origins of the rasp).

  12. #12
    Super Moderator crashdive123's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2008
    Location
    North Florida
    Posts
    44,846

    Default

    Pretty sure it is from a cow.
    Can't Means Won't

    My Youtube Channel

  13. #13
    Administrator Rick's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2007
    Location
    Central Indiana
    Posts
    58,832

    Default

    Case settled...

    Guests can not see images in the messages. Please register in the forum.

  14. #14
    Senior Member Antonyraison's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2016
    Location
    Johannesburg South Africa
    Posts
    1,154

    Default

    beautiful Knife
    My youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ultsmackdown Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/antonyraison/

    (BOSWA) ELITE SURVIVAL RANGER - BSR/16/05

  15. #15
    Senior Member alaskabushman's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2009
    Location
    Alaskan Panhandle
    Posts
    540

    Default

    Amazing knife, looks fantastic!
    There ain't too many problems you can't fix with $500 or a 30-06.

    Him-"Whats the best knife for survival?"
    Me-"the one that's in your pocket."
    Him-"I don't have one in my pocket."
    Me-"Exactly."

  16. #16

    Default

    That's pretty cool

  17. #17
    Senior Member kyratshooter's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2010
    Location
    KY bluegrass region-the center of the universe
    Posts
    10,360

    Default

    I made one of those about 20 years ago when I was in grad school and working in the museum blacksmith shop.

    One of the guys in one of my seminar classes that worked at another museum brought me a burlap sack full of pieces of elk antler. In TN that stuff is rare and expensive.

    The guy was a Civil War reenactor and worked at the site of the Battle Of Franklin outside Nashville. It had the usual stories, amputated limbs up to the second story window, 9 Generals laid out dead on the porch, haunted plantation house, and it had the fame of taking more casualties in a one hour period than any other battle in the Civil War....

    I made a D guard Bowie from a rasp but I drew the blade out a little more to about 16", and I used a chunk of the elk antler he gave me for the handle. It did not have the high polish Crash puts on his knives, I purposely let a lot of hammer marks in it to show it was hand forged and not a cheap mail order blade. It was a good well balanced blade and the guy really appreciated it.

    Plus I had a great time making it in the museum forge. Tourists kept coming through and having a fit over seeing a big blade being forged.
    If you didn't bring jerky what did I just eat?

  18. #18
    Senior Member hunter63's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2009
    Location
    SE/SW Wisconsin
    Posts
    26,866

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Rick View Post
    Case settled...

    Guests can not see images in the messages. Please register in the forum.
    Missed this before?....Love it....Nice work.
    I suspect there are 3 legged giraffes running around as well....LOL.
    Geezer Squad....Charter Member #1
    Evoking the 50 year old rule...
    First 50 years...worried about the small stuff...second 50 years....Not so much
    Member Wahoo Killer knives club....#27

  19. #19
    Super Moderator crashdive123's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2008
    Location
    North Florida
    Posts
    44,846

    Default

    Working on a three legged camel this weekend.
    Can't Means Won't

    My Youtube Channel

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •