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  1. Just finished up a knife with my first go at using sambar antlers for the handle. A guy that I used to hunt with does a bit of forging and wanted to learn about knife making after seeing some of my knives. He spent a few days with me last year, and I took him through the whole process. He offered to give me some antler for handle material, and I was happy to take him up on the offer. As expected, I learned a few things in the process of working with the antler, but pretty happy with how this first one turned out. Steel is 2.5mm VG10 stainless random pattern Damascus in a full flat grind. The handle is a tapered tang with antler scales, black G10 liners and brass pins & lanyard tube.
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  2. The spike holes in bridges were always predrilled. Usually by hand in the older ones.
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  3. Maybe hit it with a centre punch and compare with a bit of mild steel, can feel if it's harder or softer than the MS? Either way it would be a cool little project.
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  4. That is truly fantastic! I’ve always really liked Damascus steel but that random pattern is the best. The antler handles are a classy look too
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  5. That looks bloody amazing mate. Always nice to look at a damascus knife.
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  6. You can heat it up and then quench it in oil or water, oil cools slower than water, the faster the quench the harder the finish but can become brittle, I'd try oil first. I can't remember the preheat temperature or colour (glowing red or straw colour?) google should be able to help with that. Cheers
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  7. Bloody big nails mate!!! The steel must be pretty hard in order to bang them in i would imagine?
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  8. Hi mate, My name is roger,i am 56 years of age ,i live in SA ,i have being nto long range shooting and hunting for almost ten years ,as an addicted hobby of mine ,i really thougt i did know alot about hunting, rifle,information ,see i was totally wrong.The forum i read lot of information and sometimes as individual explain some important information step by step that could easily be understood.its nice
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  9. Hi everyone from the central coast new to hunting just Looking for some tips to get started cheers
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  11. I just got a pair delivered here yesterday. Rocky Outback. Bloody nice boot. Has a cushion sole on the heels which makes them VERY comfy. I went for a hunt yesterday evening in them and they seem good so far. Walked in a few pools of water without problems. I chose these because they have less stitching, nice soft leather and a good report from other users. Rocky Outback - Cabelas
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  12. The quad will soon sort out the good gear from the #### gear thanks for the feed back mate.
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  13. My Magellan Triton 500 is only a few weeks old, got the discoverAus maps on it, maybe 25waypoints and a couple of tracks and routes. I was out in a SF last night and the bloody thing crashed. Fatal Error message and even removing battery's it still wont start without this fatal Error warning coming up and then it just locks up. This thing is going back for a refund. Have read on other forums now that I'm not alone What a bugger, was just getting used to it Nick
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