Raspy Drop Point

[MikeConner]

Just finished this one for an order. Rasp blade with Cholla cactus scales. Filling every little pin hole on the cactus scales is a pain even after it's been stabilized.

[hully1029]

that is one slick knife you got there

[PigPen21]

I love rasp blades....looks great

[SamHarper]

It looks like it turned out pretty nice.

[RedRaider323]

Wow, she's a beauty!

[Dry Bones]

AGREED that is one BEAUTIFUL Blade.

[Grand Passage]

That is a great looking knife. Thea handle really sets it off, and I would not have ever thought it possible to stabilize that material.

[Bjankowski]

Really nice same the handles really set it off.
I haven't worked with files or rasp in years. I guess I got lazy in my old days and don't like the annealing process, but then you gain so much time of finishing, which really offsets the annealing process. I remember one time running across a fellow that all he made was file knives and had a pretty prosperous business.
Again, really nice and perfect size.

[MikeConner]

That is a great looking knife. Thea handle really sets it off, and I would not have ever thought it possible to stabilize that material.

It's a long mulit step process and is a pain in the tail.

[SamHarper]

Couldn't you just cast it in alumilite?

[MikeConner]

It would still have to be stabilized first. The Cholla is really porous so if you cast it in dyed Alumilite under pressure it will darken the entire scale by quite a bit.