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Just wondering if you know how he secured the ivories? Im a jeweler by trade and would have thought a bezel would be ideal. I like your knife a lot. I bezel in rings. Pain is each ivory is different so all bezels are from scratch.
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Hats off to a nice knife. I did the same for a customer a few years back. I tapered (carefully) a hole from the tang side of the scale so the ivory would fit in but not pass out of the exterior of the hole. I used acrylics to hold them in. Won't try it again. But looks cool. Good looking knife.
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He used the same technique as michiganroadkill. I believe he had to go through a couple of sets of scales. He also said it would probably be the last one he would do. I haven’t seen too many others that have the ivories I. The scales. It must be a very tricky process.
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and impractical as hell......
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a few years back I gifted my namesake nephew with a Larry Rossi knife of that same pattern. CPM154 steel though. He has used it on quite a number of deer since then. He hunts with a club in Tennessee and kills some fine animals. He swears by that Rosi knife. The one shown here is a beauty, and I know it will perform to satisfaction!
Sam......
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I have quite a few of Larry’s knives. They are fine builds for sure. He was always tinkering with different types of steel. He has a background in the steel business I believe and had several contacts that he could get some interesting stuff from. He used to live 10 minutes from my house, and I would stop by on occasion. Drink several beers, chew a little snuff, and next thing I new I had a knife or two with me on the way out the door. Wallet a little lighter, but some good times. Very knowledgeable guy for sure. He has moved to the Carolinas and not sure if he is still making blades or not. I should check in with him.
The steel specs on this one are… 1084 -15n20% chromium-cru forge v 320 layers
The elk ivories are not very practical, but they are kinda nice index points to know where the blade is when cutting out the wind pipe. Not a jewelry guy, so as practical as I could get with them.
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Firstly, that's a beautiful knife. That said, I agree with this: and impractical as hell...... In the UK and on the Continent where I do most of my shooting, ivories embedded in knife handles are common. They are, however, normally cast in Lexan or a similar poly, then shaped and fit so they blend in with no hot spot...
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