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Offline Marcruger

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Re: Let there be bone
« Reply #25 on: February 04, 2020, 06:10:01 PM »
Did all of them sell at the show? 

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Re: Let there be bone
« Reply #26 on: February 05, 2020, 02:18:56 AM »
All but the one with the pistol grip

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Re: Let there be bone
« Reply #27 on: February 05, 2020, 03:39:31 AM »
I thought that one was the coolest of the bunch.   Love that pistol grip. 

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Re: Let there be bone
« Reply #28 on: February 05, 2020, 04:43:44 AM »
I was very surprised myself. There's just no way to predict. Next show could be a completely different order.   
It is one of the most traditional designs.

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Re: Let there be bone
« Reply #29 on: February 05, 2020, 07:15:28 PM »
Sent you a PM Ken. Best wishes, Marc

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Re: Let there be bone
« Reply #30 on: February 07, 2020, 05:16:17 PM »
Great stuff Ken. Super.

Ken
 Gorgeous work.  I wish I had seen this BEFORE the show. I'd have looked for you. I was there, but I didn't hang around long. I got what I came for and left. I'm a knife maker from Berwick. I don't get as elaborate as you do, but I make some nice knives.
God bless:
Two Feathers
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Re: Let there be bone
« Reply #31 on: February 09, 2020, 06:50:32 PM »
Ken had a few more of his cow femur knives at the Cumberland show this weekend including the one discussed above (marked sold) so if you’re sorry you missed out give him a holler. They are gorgeous knives.

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Re: Let there be bone
« Reply #32 on: February 10, 2020, 06:06:13 AM »
Got home a little while ago from Lake Cumberland. Really enjoyed the show and got a chance to meet some new folks and see some fine work. Would have liked to meet you Two Feathers and seen your knives. Maybe next time.

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Re: Let there be bone
« Reply #33 on: February 11, 2020, 05:01:09 AM »
Ken, I enjoyed meeting you at Lake Cumberland Saturday, and I too was impressed by the quality and detail in the knives you had made that were displayed on the table, however, I am still reminiscing on the thing that caught my eye and that was the two long guns you had there. I thoroughly admired the unusual features on the Penn Dutch painted motif on those, especially the one that you and Ian worked on together. Great job!
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Re: Let there be bone
« Reply #34 on: February 14, 2020, 05:50:35 AM »
I realized I never answered the question about what type of bone I used on these knives. Many of these were done with bone scales I bought many years ago probably from Crazy Crow or some other knife making supply house. I'm not sure what animal they are from but they were about about 1/4 inch thick by 1 1/4" by maybe 5". Others I've gotten from local sources and are cow leg bones. It's hardf to find just the right bone to use.

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Re: Let there be bone
« Reply #35 on: February 16, 2020, 12:54:45 AM »
Ken, the knife arrived and it is an absolute gem.  I am very, very pleased.  Now I have to make another sheath.  Also, your packing is way beyond anything I have ever seen.  No gorilla could harm that packing, even with a bulldozer.  Many thanks good sir.   God Bless,   Marc

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Re: Let there be bone
« Reply #36 on: February 16, 2020, 04:26:19 AM »
For you guys that are looking for bone here is a link to the supplier I have used for years:

https://www.knifehandles.com/smooth-jigged-bone/camel-bone

Fred

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Re: Let there be bone
« Reply #37 on: February 16, 2020, 05:40:51 PM »
Hello Marc, Glad to heat your pleased with your new knife. It’s funny I get as many comments about the package as I do the knife. Can’t wait to see what you come up with for a sheath.

Fred thanks for the bone source I’ll check them out.