Leftovers

There was a couple of things that I forgot to put in my last post.

One funny thing that I forgot to mention happened when I harvested the two deer on opening day.  After shooting them I came back to the house to retrieve my two-wheeled deer cart.  It happened to be fairly warm out so I left my bibs at the house, grabbed the cart and headed back out to bring the deer in. 

As luck would have it, I reached for my EDC knife to start field dressing and Whoa!  I left it at the house, in my bibs.  What am I going to do?  Do I run to the house to get it? 

No!  I count 5 more knife blades on my person to work with.  My Kershaw Leek pocket knife is elected to do the job of field dressing two deer.  This knife is super sharp and it has more of a point than I like for gutting, but when a knife maker forgets his own knife you do what has to be done. 

In hind sight, if it happened again I believe that I'll use the smallest blade of my Swiss Army Knife. That would be just to show everyone that it can be done with any knife you happen to have.
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A friend of mine shot a real nice deer on opening day.  When he sent me a picture of it, I asked him if he would take another picture with the knife he used.

This is the 9 point buck he shot.  Looky there!!!  That is the knife I made him a few months ago.  It is a large hunter with Tiger Maple scales and a bit of file work.  He said the knife worked great and held an edge...the way a knife is supposed to.

Congratulations Phil!  Great job.
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This knife was made for Mike in Centerville, TN.  It was sent to him recently and was received with a lot of enthusiasm.  The knife was made from Aldo's 1095 steel, 0.125" thick and sported elk antler handles with toxic green liners.  I used the same design as the JC knife done last year.  While preparing to ship this out, I showed this one to a friend and he ordered on just like it but he wants to supply the deer antler for the handle.  I figured that it was a good design so I'll make one for myself also.  Mine will have Sambar Stag handles and be a little thinner bladewise.

Before it got to Mike he ordered a Skinner/Caping combo that fits into a double sheath.  Then he asked if I had ever made a hatchet/knife combo?  I guess I'll have to design something as long as he is looking.
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Last but not least....

We bought a travel trailer a few months back.  It is a 30' model in decent shape.  We got it for a steal.  Our plans are to use this for guests that come to Arcadia Homestead. 

Yesterday with the help of our great friend Steve, we got it moved to its permanent resting spot on the front 40.  I have been mowing and bush hogging the property preparing for our party next year.  This area will have a great view of the woods and easy access.  We hope to have folks come down and utilize the trailer.

Till next time!