Got the handles cleaned up and a bit of tung oil on to start the sealing process, so now with the skinning knife, I have a nice new set for the next excursion. The skinning knife is starting to get a patina on the blade (from the goats) as I dont want them to have a bright finished look so over time they will darken and after a while they will look about right.
Pleased with how the giraffe bone has finished up with the streaks of apparent cracks and slight yellowing in patches but the overall effect is very pleasing to my eye.
Have them sharpened and like the feel of the edge so will be looking to test them on meat sooner rather than later.
The hunter will get a simple pouch sheath like I usually make but the skinner and the boner will not as they will have a light ply two knife block set that will be (in general) home based.