Friction Addiction (pic heavy)

[muskrat man]

Heres some of the friction folders I turned out this weekend. Around 30 hours of work :wg: All the crowns are whitetail, slotted one piece with stop pin for open and closed position so edge does not touch when closed. The fancy one is one I did a little forging on, it's the first one I've hammered the lanyard keeper and twisted the tab on, it's elk and also has filework. The smallest one is smoothed deer antler with red liners and black canvas micarta bolsters. All except the forged one are available.

[muskrat man]

[JLaw]

Very stunning, all that in only 30 hrs??? Wow!

Great work on these, wish I had money burning a hole in my pocket.

JLaw

[CJS Knives]

wow!! those are nice!! very impressive work! i like how you used the antler as the handle!!
great work!

[DAN VAN]

Really impressive, especially like #2 & #4. Dan

[Frank Niro]

You are doing great !!! Frank

[muskrat man]

Thanks all for the comments friends

[Doug Adams]

Very nice, I like em. How do you cut the slot in the antler?

thanks,
doug
Jn.3:16

[muskrat man]

dremel ad a file

[timekeeper]

Nice looking work, good blade finishes. Here's one of mine with a whitetail horn harvested last year. Not a friction folder, it actually locks open.

[bbrocksc]

Muskrat,
Those are awesome. I have been making some knives with whitetail antlers and have a ton of them that are somewhat bleached out and chalky like the one you have pictured. How do you stabilize that to keep it from further deteriorating? I want to use some of them, but the only thing I have done with them is just sanded down smooth and polished them. I would like to save the crowns and some of the knots on them. Again, awesome folders.
Thanks,
Brandon