Been too busy to post much here lately, but thought you folks might enjoy these. I picked the fossilized bones at a show last year. They had great shapes and couldn't resist. Finally got around to forging some blades and fitting them up. Drilling them out was a bit of a challenge since more mineral than bone, but I have tools.
Blades are 80crv2 and I used hemp with primitive glue on the two "Raptor" Claws, Raw hide lace on Antler Bowie. Fella I got them from swore they were tarsal bones from a V. Raptor, but being a wildlife biologist graduate I think they are most likely short ribs from some stocky small lizard. Don't know for sure but they were interesting to work with. Grandson said they were raptor toes so I'm going with his "expert" dinosarology opinion.
That's a fossil caribou leg bone for size reference. Yeah, January has been a busy catchup month for me, but haven't been sitting on my thumbs. Got a lot of forge and finish work done with all this junky weather.
Note: Those of you that visit me at the Blade Show - June 7,8,9, I will be moving to table 6-H (just across the aisle from were I have been).
Blades are 80crv2 and I used hemp with primitive glue on the two "Raptor" Claws, Raw hide lace on Antler Bowie. Fella I got them from swore they were tarsal bones from a V. Raptor, but being a wildlife biologist graduate I think they are most likely short ribs from some stocky small lizard. Don't know for sure but they were interesting to work with. Grandson said they were raptor toes so I'm going with his "expert" dinosarology opinion.
That's a fossil caribou leg bone for size reference. Yeah, January has been a busy catchup month for me, but haven't been sitting on my thumbs. Got a lot of forge and finish work done with all this junky weather.
Note: Those of you that visit me at the Blade Show - June 7,8,9, I will be moving to table 6-H (just across the aisle from were I have been).
