Wanting a skinning/caping neck knife

[hedgeapple]

I've just got a hankering for a neck knife to skin out deer.  I'm wanting a 2 to maybe 2 1/2 inch blade with same size handle.  I do want the blade to be very curve for caping.  I have some pretty good osage staves.  No knots, only a slight whoop-dee-doo at about 60".  It has maybe  30 degree propeller twist through the entire stave.  Ring count is about 4-6 per inch.  I'll post pics tomorrow.

I have turkery feathers and deer sinew (un processed), but then again most everyone on here has those.  I might could find other stuff just let me know what you need.

Also, I have some pretty good black locust on my property.  Badger and GMC have liked it.  But, I'd need to cut it, so it would be green.

[mullet]

Get in touch with mechslasher, (Chris Cade).

[hedgeapple]

Thanks Eddie

[JW_Halverson]

4estrekker made a gorgeous necker for me a while back.  His work is pretty dang eyecatching, and mighty functional, too!

[spyder1958]

440c, maple burl I process from my yard, Linseed oil rubed

[hedgeapple]

That's a beautiful necker.  I promise I'll post pics of the stave tomorrow.

[mullet]

Dang, neighbor, that's nice.

[hedgeapple]

Pictures as promised
First the stave and a view of the twist from the small end.  A friend cut this osage for me.  He glued the end then a storm came up.  So, it has a bunch of dirt in the end of it.  Better pic of the rings to come.

[hedgeapple]

I was mistakend.  There is a knot at 52" in this stave.  I didn't mean to mislead.  I just hadn't looked at this stave in a few months.  It's wide enough that I don't think the knot will be a real issue.

[hedgeapple]

Here's a look at the rings from the large end.  I was too lazy to cut of the muddy, glued end for a pic of the small end rings but would do so if you like.  Second pic is the size of the small end.

[hedgeapple]

I sprayed this stave  when it came into my possession in March.  It was cut in Feb. 2012.  I bug bomb my workshop the first week of spring, summer, winter and fall.  So, it's had 2 bombings.  To save some shipping cost and to make sure there is not borer issues, I will peel the bark, sapwood off of it.

You can probable get 2 bows from this stave, maybe 3.  My friend had it in log form and we split it before I brought it home.  It split down ever line that I wanted it to do. 

Here is a bow I made from it's sister stave. It was a smaller stave than this one and I got a belly split from it that will be a freckle over an inch wide.  Hey, it's osage, it make a bow.  The sister stave made a bow with only 2 growth rings.

http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,34594.msg456158.html#msg456158

[mullet]

That's a good looking piece of wood.

[spyder1958]

Here's a few more shots,   This knife is built on a REAL, 440c, US forged stainless steel frame. Mirror Polished. Sharp.Overall length 6". Cutting edge 2 3/8".  RC of 57-59
Osage looks good and Eddie said its good, He will be the one giving the newbie lessons,
Let me know what you got in mind.
Thanks, Spyder

[bowtarist]

Nice knife spyder!!!  I didn't even let the last pics load, but from scratch...that's looks good!!  pics just loaded!!  two thumbs UP on that knife!!!  I need a lesson in lessining.  dpgratz

[mullet]

I saw it in person this weekend, it is sharp.