Bug Knife - Hornet

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This theme knife is of course a fairly nontraditional piece. An impression of a Hornet should creep in some where or at least some kind of bug anyway. The blade is BG-42 with a convex grind and edge. Box Elder burl stabilized by WSSI forms the body capped off by a 416ss ‘bolster’. Stainless wires are heat colored for the legs and held in small copper tubes in the ‘thorax’ so the wood doesn’t split from the torque of the legs. The legs are not attached and simply push in and pull out. The blade is nearly 4 3/4” and it’s about 9” OAL (and it’s 5” wide!). Thanks for looking, as always any comments are welcome.
 
That looks really cool I have a g/f who would absolutley love that.
 
:eek: I have always said that an imagination is a terrible thing to waste....It appears that you have wasted Nothing .....Great Work!!!!:eek:
 
Looks like a cross between a wasp and a rhinoceros beetle! :eek:

Gad, I love original works of art!
 
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