I just finished this one.The inlay is Seasnake that my dear friend Sandy gave me and it went real well(I think so) with the grey Giraffe bone.I hope you like it. Dave:D

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Boy Dave, the color really did match up nicely with the bone scales. The sheath itself is really well made and finished perfectly. That's one to be very proud of. The scale pattern on the seasnake kind of reminds me of Ostrich leg.

Paul

Thats a nice show piece Dave,,i've never seen sea snake, thats cool.

A gentleman by the name of R.J. Adams (knifemaker) traded some sea snake skins to me for some knife sheaths several years ago. I have been informed that it is one of the world's most venomous snakes. Fortunately very few of us ever go where they live!!! I am tickled to see what Dave did with that skin. The coloration is perfect and Dave is the king when it comes to inlays! The scales do create a very nice pattern! ---Sandy---

Thanks guys.Linda picked out the scales and when Sandy gave me the skin we knew we had a match.Sandy I feel honored when your tickled:D .That scale pattern is because it is a belly , they cut it on the back instead of the normal way.I have done this before on some Water Moccassin that had a very nice belly pattern and a plain looking back.Dave:)

First -- that's a spectacular rig Dave, matched perfectly, beautiful lines. Just for aesthetics one of my favorites of all of your knives :) Definitely a Calendar Contender :101

Second, I've seen sea snakes up close and personal, and singly they don't look too threatening. In Okinawa the local fishermen come down to the docks at night and shine bright lights into the water, which seems to attract the seasnakes, which are then gigged. They have a way to prepare them which is perfectly safe to eat, a real delicacy (I'm told :) ) BUT, I've also flown over the Tonkin Gulf and seen literally acres of these little cuties, thousands of them together it seemed. They are a saltwater relative of the krait (remember "Riki Tiki Tavi"?), short teeth, but very sharp. They say a seasnake can't bite through a good wetsuit, but if you do get nicked it's all over :(

National Geographic lecture for the evening over :)

Mike