The Beast Has Arrived

[JD Combs Sr]

Some of you may recall the custom knife I made and posted about back in November. One of my last posts in that thread was a pic of a "beastly" looking antler piece. Well here is the completed "Beast".

It uses an American made Damascus steel blade(Jantz Supply - Snake River blade) I wanted to shorten the ugly antler extensions but the customer wanted it UGLY and that is what he got although I have to say it's a fairly nice looking ugly. Assembled length is right at 10 inches.

Blade Mfr. Blade Data:
Jantz Item# JD722 - The overall length is 9 3/8"(I had to cut about half the tine off), blade length is 4 3/4"(I measured 5-1/8") long and 1 1/8" wide, 5/32" thick.

Hardware:
"German Silver"(aka nickle-silver) finger guard and pommel, imported from Ukraine

Antler:
Whitetail Deer, customer supplied. There was a teaser pic in post#14 of my other thread, it showed the antler that became the handle for this knife.

Obverse(Display side - something new I learned about knives was the terminology associated with them:wink


Reverse side.


Close up of finger guard and makers mark.


Other Details:
Edit: Ooops, had a couple pics reversed, corrected now.


Make/Assembly Details:



C&C appreciated. Please ask if you have questions, I will answer to the best of my knowledge, this is only my second knife.
Thanks for looking.

 

[plantman]

That is a wicked looking knife !! FANTASTIC display piece !! Jim S

 

[JD Combs Sr]

That is a wicked looking knife !! FANTASTIC display piece !! Jim S

Thanks for posting Jim. My customer is giving the knife to a friend as a gift and I am not sure what the friend will use it for but most likely it will be for display "mostly?). The entire story is that my friend's, friend's, father is the one who got the deer with the antler used on both knives. My friend had the knife made for his friend as a memorial to his friends father who recently passed on. Sorry about all the friendliness here but don't know how else to say it.

One of the reasons I wanted to shorten the smaller antler horns was so that it could be carried but my friend insisted that they stay so, as I said most likely it will be for display only.

 

[Jim15]

Awesome knife.

 

[JD Combs Sr]

Awesome knife.

Jim thanks for looking and posting. BTW this must be a "Jim" thread :wink:, the only posts are from Jims(I also go by Jim to my family). Have a great day

 

[warthog]

Awesome knife

The only thing I don't like about that knife is the fact that it is not in my hand. Love the Damascus steel blade.

 

[keithlong]

Nice knife, would love one myself, and I do have deer antler.

 

[JD Combs Sr]

The only thing I don't like about that knife is the fact that it is not in my hand. Love the Damascus steel blade.

Thanks for looking & commenting Ken but sorry the customer has already taken delivery so your hands will have to remain empty of it.:wink: I too liked the Damascus but I had to replace the original blade due to some de-lamination I found when cleaning it up.

Nice knife, would love one myself, and I do have deer antler.

Thanks for looking & commenting Keith. The knives I have made,(total 2) have been that hard, order you a ready made blade and see what you can do with your antler.

 

[stonepecker]

Beautiful work and a quality memory for your friend.
And a great memory for you knowing that you made it.