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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: criverkat on December 12, 2011, 09:13:06 pm

Title: first cholla knife
Post by: criverkat on December 12, 2011, 09:13:06 pm

maid this today first cholla ever what yall think

Title: Re: first cholla knife
Post by: Stringman on December 12, 2011, 09:23:01 pm

Thats a beauty! And im a big fan of using what you got at hand.

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Post by: mullet on December 12, 2011, 09:25:18 pm

That came out looking good. That Cholla looks cool with knives.

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Post by: bowtarist on December 12, 2011, 09:27:14 pm

Beautiful.  How long is it?

Title: Re: first cholla knife
Post by: criverkat on December 12, 2011, 09:41:09 pm

8inch blade 5inch handle 13inch overall rainbow obsidian

Title: Re: first cholla knife
Post by: Jimbob on December 13, 2011, 12:59:19 am

Dang, thats a nice knife!!  I bet you were sweatin bullets till you got it done, I know I would have been worried about snapping a blade that long.   Well done sir.

Title: Re: first cholla knife
Post by: Pappy on December 13, 2011, 07:26:36 am

Just beautiful. :)
   Pappy

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Post by: blackhawk on December 13, 2011, 09:03:26 am

NICE  :)

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Post by: Tom Leemans on December 13, 2011, 12:21:49 pm

Cool! I would pull that out at a steak dinner just to see the reactions on people's faces.

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Post by: TurtleCreek on December 13, 2011, 02:51:04 pm

  Really sweet looking knife ya got there! 

Title: Re: first cholla knife
Post by: criverkat on December 13, 2011, 03:15:42 pm

here is a better pic of the blade

Title: Re: first cholla knife
Post by: criverkat on December 13, 2011, 03:17:45 pm

that was not bid enough

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Post by: Gus on December 13, 2011, 04:23:17 pm

Yes Sir!!!

DANG!

That IS Purty!

-gus

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Post by: Ifrit617 on December 13, 2011, 06:16:27 pm

What a beauty... And I agree with Turtlecreek... you should use that sucker in public to see the look on peoples faces.

Title: Re: first cholla knife
Post by: bubby on December 13, 2011, 07:20:58 pm

nice knife, how did you work the cholla, I just got some at a craft store and it's a little big, need's a big blade i guess. Bub

Title: Re: first cholla knife
Post by: criverkat on December 13, 2011, 08:44:01 pm

Thanks guys it was pretty easy, first i sanded the cholla to get ride of the outer layer, then i wrapped it with plastic wrap and taped it tight.Then mixed 5 min epoxy with
powdered charcoal to give it the black color and poured it in slow added blade then set it handel down in a pot of soil to hold it while it dryed. After about 20 min take tape and plastic wrap off and sand, their will be some plastic stuck in the epoxy but i will disappear after sanding. Mix 5 min epoxy and paint it all over the handle let dry that's it

Title: Re: first cholla knife
Post by: TRACY on December 13, 2011, 10:46:22 pm

Very nice knife!

Tracy

Title: Re: first cholla knife
Post by: stickbender on December 14, 2011, 10:53:14 am

     Abo-solutely beautiful! :o  That is sa weeeet! 8)  I wish I could make a blade without breaking it. :(  I have a piece of Cholla that Eddie gave me, and it is patiently awaiting a blade that doesn't break before I can get it to the handle.  Again that is really nice work.

                                                  Wayne

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Post by: criveraville on December 14, 2011, 01:44:40 pm

That is a sweet looking knife!!!!

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Post by: jamie on December 14, 2011, 06:15:23 pm

Very impressive

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Post by: cowboy on December 16, 2011, 10:21:25 am

Very nice - clean looking knife!

Title: Re: first cholla knife
Post by: criverkat on December 16, 2011, 01:51:23 pm

sold the knife to a buddy i was showing it to him and he handed me a hundred dollars and said sold "think i sold it to cheap" but he is a good Friend. he gave me a piece of petrified wood asked if i could make a display out of it so here it is think it turned out pretty good

Title: Re: first cholla knife
Post by: jonathan creason on December 16, 2011, 03:32:18 pm

That's a very cool knife.  Great job!  I think the stand really looks good with it as well.

Title: Re: first cholla knife
Post by: Gus on December 16, 2011, 03:34:41 pm

Yes Sir!!!

That's Bloody Awesome!

$100, Must have been a good Friend.  :)

Regards,

-gus

Title: Re: first cholla knife
Post by: Jimbob on December 17, 2011, 12:47:32 am

Dang!!!