Well, a while back, Rab Gordon sent me a couple of very nice pieces of deer antler. One piece he sent to me for a sgian handle, and he threw in an antler tip for a kilt pin. But when I got the material in the mail and held it in my hands, I decided the antler tip would make a good sgian handle, while the other section would make a nice dirk handle. (That project is forthcoming...hopefully.) So I made a knife blade in my blacksmithing class.

I'm not real experienced at knife-making yet, that's why the tang looks kinda wierd. That's cocobolo, which I decided to use for the guard. Here's a picture of the guard after cutting it out and shaping it up:



I drilled a hole in the guard and handle, and used epoxy to secure all the pieces together. As an afterthought, I used some leather cord to make a nifty looking sheath. Here's a couple of pics of the finished product:


(That's Henderson Ancient btw, if you were wondering.)

It turned out about the same size as your standard Sgian, and fits into the kilt sock quite nicely. I gave it to my dad as a christmas present.

I was pretty happy with the way this turned out, except for one thing. I don't know if you can tell or not in the picture, but I wasn't able to finish the blade; it's still got a lot of markings on it. It does give the blade surface a primitive look and feel, which kinda fits the whole antler-handle thing. But for future references, do any of you know how to polish a blade?
Also, (I hope this question is okay.) for future references, in case I wanted to sell something like this on ebay or something, how much do you guys think a knife like this is worth?