An Overdue Payment

My uncle Jean-Yves gave me a box full of caribou antlers quite some time ago. I use bits and pieces here and there when making handles, knobs, coat buttons and the like. I've always had the intention of making him a knife to thank him for the generous supply. Well here it is! Sort of a little photo sequence of how I went about creating it. The blade is from a broken industrial band saw. I just gave it a shape and an edge. The little ferrule is H13 steel for no other reason than that was what I had on hand. The handle is, of course, made of caribou antler and you can see in the first picture what part of the antler I used. In what is left of the antler I see at least three coat buttons and one handle perhaps two. As you can see close to nothing goes to waste!