Rattlesnake Obsidian Knife

[Nicodemus]

I`m no carver by any stretch of the imagination, but I had to try it one time. The handle is the sword tine from an elk antler. The Blade is lizardskin obsidian and it is held in place with pitch glue and deer sinew.

 

[Woody's Janitor]

That will work! Beautiful work as usual!

 

[Nicodemus]

And one more...

 

[WTM45]

Nice!!!!!!! I can see a small leather sheath with snakeskin, a few beads, a little piece of silver..............

 

[CAL]

Quit Nick! All you do is make me want all of them.Beautiful work as usual.

 

[WOODIE13]

Nice

 

[Al33]

That is beautiful Nick!!!

 

[boneboy96]

very nice indeed!

 

[Headshot]

Nick, looks like you can make anything you can think up. Another beautiful piece of work.

 

[Vernon Holt]

Unique interest and skill Nick. By the way, have you ever skinned a buck with one??

 

[Hoss]

Nice piece of work there Nic. Got to admit, you are mighty handy with a peice of rock.

Hoss

 

[Nicodemus]

Unique interest and skill Nick. By the way, have you ever skinned a buck with one??

Yessir, I have, and they work very well. The technique is a little different from usin` a steel blade though. You want to stay off bone as much as possible and don`t try to split the brisket with one of these. When skinnin` a deer, especially if I`m savin` the hide, I only make 3 major cuts anyway. Then I work the hide off by hand so I have no score marks on the hide.

For skinnin` furbearers , a 2 or 3 inch fresh made flint or obsidian flake is what I prefer to do that work with. Held between the thumb and next two fingers, I have better control over the blade than I do with my old Improved Muskrat foldin` pocketknife.

 

[LJay]

Well Nick, I guess you is a carver now too. That right there is sho' purty!!!!!

 

[Handgunner]

Sweeet! CAn you take a close up of the rattle's?

 

[bam_bam]

fine lookin piece there nick. Where did you get the obsidian from i'd like a piece of that. Maybe one day i can be as good as you are. I would like to see a picture of that arrow and case of points you got there. good job dude

 

[dutchman]

Very nice, as usual, Nick!

 

[Paymaster]

Great work Nick. Thanks for post'n the pics.

 

[Nicodemus]

Thanks ya`ll, Delton and Bam Bam, I`ll get those pics for ya`ll directly.

 

[Nicodemus]

Here`s a close up of the rattles.

 

[Nicodemus]

Some reproduction points and blades.