good morning

[cowboy316]

yoooooo hooooooo any body up this early whos got the coffee going
Cowboy316

[Ned Buckshot]

Well I've already finished my pot of coffee, good and wired now!

Working on a new knife and sheath the last few days, almost done.

Have a great day everybody!

Ned

[cowboy316]

well well well Ned great to see ya been wondering how your doing and from the sounds of it your doin pretty good
glad to see ya on your feet a nd at it again been tryin to figuer out how to put an antler handle on this bowie knife i jist got but just cant but my finger on it yet  LOL
Cowboy316

[Ned Buckshot]

Cowboy, send me a picture of the knife and I'll try and help you out.

Ned

[cowboy316]

heres a pics Ned the brass butt piece unscrews but im not liking that i wanna use the button of the antler as the butt kinda like you did on JD's knife i will get a pic of it unscrewed when i got out to my mom and dad so i can use their camera
thanks Bud
Cowboy316

[Ned Buckshot]

Should be easily enough done. Take off the handle and you expose the tang, find the piece of Elk you want to use keeping in mind the size of the guard, you don't want the Elk sticking out past it.

Drill a hole the size you need to get the tang into dead center and square in the Elk NOT GOING ALL THE WAY THROUGH!

Cut off the tang just a tad shorter than the hole you just drilled and epoxy the whole thing together.

This is a bit oversimplified but I hope you get the idea.

Ned

[cowboy316]

Thanks Ned ive got it now should have it done later today
thanks for the help
Cowboy316

[Ned Buckshot]

Befor you do the final assembly make sure the tang is very clean and file a few notches on the edge to give the epoxy something to bite into.

Ned

[GunClick Rick]

You guys been sniffin trapacanth or whatever it is.Spent to many years gettin up that early,don't wanaa do it no moe..

I was gonna ask about that stuff anyway,is tha a sealer or dye remover?

[Dr. Bob]

Boys,  I had just got to bed when you were gettin up!