~~It was my Birfday!~~

That's cool. From my school days I remember obsidian can be sharper than surgical steel.

Happy Birthday Nate!!! That is a very fine specimen for sure. Enjoy it and have a great week!

Nice pocket knife Nate. Was it a gift from your little surveyors?

Happy belated birthday.

Not really. I had met Brady at the County Fair, where he had a booth set up. He spent an hr with me, and one of my kids, knapping out an arrowhead. I made a donation for his work. Gave the nice arrow head to a local grandmother, who plans to hide it in her garden, when her grandkids come...
Well, I had an extra hour, one day, and stopped by, and described what I wanted him to make... and, he did NOT follow my ideas... took off on his own, and made something alot nicer... Brought it by for my birthday... And, I simply donated to his work. Brady is a very humble guy who works very hard. I respect him, and try to encourage him. He is a master of his craft.
Needless to say, his work speaks for itself.
Nate

Nate The Surveyor, post: 395718, member: 291 wrote: Lookey what I got:
It's just one of the nicest things I have ever gotten.
Thanks Brady!
Nate

That's awesome Nate. And happy birthday! (oops, sorry, typo, happy "birfday".

Now that is country.........and a prized possession.

I've only used a 431- 4 1/2in Case XX that dad gave me.

Be sure you put that in a leather case before you pocket it.

:party:

Maybe I can conscript some of my kids deer hides, and make a leather case....
🙂

After Brady made my blade, others expressed interest in blades. So, here is a recent set of blades he made.
I find such things fascinating.
N

Yes. I want to buy a blade right now and take up hunting just to use it.

Wow, just wow! That guy is good, really good!:drool:

If you friend him, on FB, he is happy to sell... (I appreciate good craftsmanship)!

Nate The Surveyor, post: 396054, member: 291 wrote:
After Brady made my blade, others expressed interest in blades. So, here is a recent set of blades he made.
I find such things fascinating.
N

Amazing talent.

I hear they are VERY sharp. What happens over time, say when skinning a large animal? Do they get dull? Can they be dressed up over and over? Curious.

Ken

Ken Salzmann, post: 396065, member: 398 wrote: Amazing talent.

I hear they are VERY sharp. What happens over time, say when skinning a large animal? Do they get dull? Can they be dressed up over and over? Curious.

Ken

Those are gorgeous Nate. Looks lot like an ulu. Friend of mine knaps and uses them for skinning out fur bearers, less likely to accidently slice through the hide he says. Sharper than surgical steel. Gets a bit dull just pressure flake the edge with a tip of antler to put a fresh edge on. Blade gets smaller over time, gets too small toss it and knap a new one. Around here obsidian is pretty rare and the natives in old days would use even the smallest chips, microblades archaeologist call them, mounted into a wood shaft. Took many thousands of hours of practice to achieve that level of knapping.

Check this out if you like this kind of stuff. My knapping friend turned me onto it.
http://paleoplanet.net/

That's what he called it... an ulu. Eskimo skinning tool.

You carefully chip another edge onto it. Deer antler for the purist, and a piece of hard copper, with a sharpened point, for the modernist.
He has loads of fine work.
N

Nate The Surveyor, post: 396063, member: 291 wrote: If you friend him, on FB, he is happy to sell... (I appreciate good craftsmanship)!

Nate, I'm not a facebooker. How else can I get in touch with him. Those are nice.

Adam, he has data on his phone. He does not have regular telephone. FB is his only direct connect... but he likes it, because he can put a pic up, and both view it... and he's handy with it. However, he lives near his mom, and she has phone. I'll find her number, and txt it to you.
OK?
N

OR... I can just give him your number, and go from there....

Thanks Nate, either way works.