Work has been keeping me away from my most enjoyable hobby for some time, but I'm back again with a few restorations to share. A couple of these were floating around the forums in varying states of completion but thought it was time to share them in full here.

1. Bruno blade with stained bone scales.

The blade, courtesy of SRP legend Bruno:
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The sun bleached bone, taken from raw:
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Staining the bone and pinning the front end with stained horn wedge, lined with copper:
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Finishing up polishing the blade and pinning (two rear pins - one purely for looks and one for function):
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2. Bengall 4-5/8 blade with carved bone scales.

The very sad looking little blade as I received it:
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Drawing the bone scale shape (taken from the same raw pieces shown above) and beginning carving:
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Unfortunately, disaster struck when trying to pin the back end (struck the bone on a strange angle and snapped both sides)... I tried superglue in a moment of desperation, but knew deep down that it would never hold. It was heartbreaking, having spent hours on the shaping... But after some silent weeping, I decided to round off the broken end and shorten the bengall blade to fit accordingly:

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