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| Smokepole 51 The statement of "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" rings very true. Think about this, before our creation could run to a store or to a computer to purchase needed items, I.E. knives, needed farm implements, jars, and whatever, man/woman usually had to produce a needed item with their own hands. They used whatever was at hand to come up with needed items. Look back in our history and you will see how man had to endure, as far back as the 1930,40's and even into the 50's. Of course when we speak of the "Black Powder" days life was not a "run to a store" time. What I am getting at, is even if a hand made instrument or an item was needed it was made by the individual and most of the time it was not a beauty but functional. Personally if I am in need of something, I am going to try and procure it with my own hands. I will admit though, I accept that I live in a modern time, but my mind thought is still of days gone by.
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Pilgrim
| I think that knife looks good and I like the handle. I think some of that style had a half tang and a saw cut into the front end of the handle into which the half tang fit. |
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Factor
| What's that blade made of? Been kickin' the idee around of making one or two m'self. Kinda like your'n, simple, useable. Fiddlesticks
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| Keep at it, you might have to larn me something! Fiddlesticks
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Booshway
| Looks good to me. I am also not particularly good at most crafts. Seems to me that folks who lived far away from towns and lacked funds back then just figured a way to make something that would work. Maybe mine are not craftsman quality but they do the job. BC
"Better fare hard with good men than feast it with bad." Thomas Paine
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Booshway
| Good looking knife you made there. You took a broken item and turned it into something useful. Carry and use it with pride. Andy
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Free Trapper
| There is something to be said of simply making an item with your own hands. I've had some fun working with a box of old files that set me back a whole dollar at the local flea market, but they don't yet look as good as your's does.
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Factor
| Does it cut? Does it hold an edge? Is the blade strong? Then what's not to like? Don't confuse the top of an artform, which has then been carefully preserved and displayed, with the more common, utilitarian items of their day..., as said common items were beloved when the owner was in the middle of nowhere, and all there was for the emergency was rather crude but highly useful tool. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and also sometimes within the hand of the wielder. LD
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Booshway
| Hey, Smokepole: if you keep making knives, you'll get better and better and before you know it, you'll be turning out some really good stuff. And like Shoshone said, I too would much rather carry a knife like yours than any of the "collector knives" that are for sale to-day (i.e. Coldsteel knives and the like.)
"Return unto me, and I will return unto you," saith the Lord of hosts. ~Malachi 3:7b
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