nice!

As always great looking work.  I really like that basket knife.  Looks good man.

thanks, guys  
 
Morphy, yeah, that's osage orange all right. that type of knife is called a Basketmaker II after the culture it is associated with. it's just your everday general purpose tool. the originals found in caves had slightly shorter, more triangular blades but that might be due to several retouchings and sharpenings.

its even beter in person   pictures don't do it justice
 
here it is with  my basketmaker atlatl and darts  
 

i think it adds to its personality  

thanks, J. i switch back and forth from modern to abo tools in my flintknapping. i use copper billets and pressure flakers for the harder materials like flint or when i'm doing a particularly large or delicate piece, but i learned with antler tools and still use them for most of my work. i don't use levers, punches, or cut slabs. my stuff is all done with hand held precussion and pressure flaking. here are some of my tools....
 

if only i could find a Basketmaker knife made from steel sincei  can't reprofile an edge once it's blunt