Very nice job!
Very cool man. I don't want to nitpick, but your skulls need some more degreasing. They will only yellow more over time, and gator fat smells bad. Otherwise a good job and it should be an easy fix
No worries... The skull in the pic is one I had lying around. The others I broke into parts to make knives etc. Those individual parts were degreased before being used. That one left in the pic is in need of some serious degreasing. 🙂 I just had not gotten to it yet.
The knives are all spoken for. I made one for each of my gator hunting buddies. I had alot of fun doing it. Thanks for all the compliments. I had never done leather work, tanning, or knife making before. I learned a TON about alot of stuff.
Very cool. Nice to see the process in pics. Good job!
Very nice! a gift you and your gator hunting buddies will never forget!
Thanks again. I could have been tweaking these things for a couple more months, but I my standards are pretty high. I almost did a Damascus blade. I might the next time. These are carbon steel cryo treated. Great blades. I will be doing this again. I REALLY enjoyed it.
The interesting part about this particular blade style is that only one knife per gator can be made. There are only 2 flat pieces of bone in a gator skull that allows this cut. It makes is a VERY unique knife. Other types of knives can be made out of various pieces, but not this style. Only one per gator.
