THE PILGRIM
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A few years ago I walked up to Cody Wescott's table at a gun show,
Cody is a custom knife maker from Las Cruces New Mexico. As I chatted with Cody I looked down at the knives on his table. He had several of the loveless style 4 inch drop point hunters. That's one of his standard patterns and he's made them for years. Most of them have Micarta handles , some might have stag, etc.
I noticed that this one knife had a handle that I didn't recognize. When I asked Cody he just started making fun of me. He just goes on and on and make fun of me because I didn't know what that handle material was.
Then when he finally told me I still don't know what it was. That material is oosik. You may know what it is but at that time I certainly didn't know what was.
It turns out that Oosik is fossilized Walrus penis bone. Walrus penis bones can be 2 feet long and longer. Of course I had to have it , once I heard the story I knew it had to be mine.
The other knife in the picture is an ulu, also with a oosik handle.
Cody is a custom knife maker from Las Cruces New Mexico. As I chatted with Cody I looked down at the knives on his table. He had several of the loveless style 4 inch drop point hunters. That's one of his standard patterns and he's made them for years. Most of them have Micarta handles , some might have stag, etc.
I noticed that this one knife had a handle that I didn't recognize. When I asked Cody he just started making fun of me. He just goes on and on and make fun of me because I didn't know what that handle material was.
Then when he finally told me I still don't know what it was. That material is oosik. You may know what it is but at that time I certainly didn't know what was.
It turns out that Oosik is fossilized Walrus penis bone. Walrus penis bones can be 2 feet long and longer. Of course I had to have it , once I heard the story I knew it had to be mine.
The other knife in the picture is an ulu, also with a oosik handle.
