An awesome gift!

[Mudslinger]

I had the pleasure to get to go back to RSA in Sept for retirement hunt with African Arrow Safaris. On this hunts and stay I met a person that has become a friend. Billy Berger is a totally primitive bowhunter and was using all primitive equipment, a self bow he made and a recurve his Dad made, plus making all his own shafts and knapping all his flint heads.

I watched him shoot and work on his equipment and was amazed at his talent. He ended up taking a Blue Wildebeest, a Kudu and Nyala all with primitive equipment, the first to ever do so with AAS and Harry Nel. Billy is a big ole boy and lives in Georgia. His claim to fame is: he was on Episode 6 (I hope I am right on this), Series 1 of Naked and Afraid, so I got to hear inside stories of this show. Very interesting from his take.

On to the story of Billy and this gift.

I found a very large piece of flint in our yard and sent a picture to Billy to see if he could use it. It was probaly 1-2 pounds of flint rock.
He said absolutley so I boxed it up and mailed it to him. When he got it, he ask for my address as he wanted to send me something.

I received a package last week from Billy and this is what was in it.
I am beyond shocked and amazed at what he built for me. It is nothing fancy but this skinner is sharp as all get out. I told Billy I was going to skin my first deer with it and then frame it and put the letter he sent me and safe it for all times!

Thank you Billy, I will cherish this skinner and your friendship till the day I die.

[IvoryRoot]

That is awesome.

[Gumbo Man]

Cool story and gift. Thanks for sharing.

[Easttxbowman]

Very cool!

[Drycreek3189]

Awesome gift !

[Big Lee]

Awesome story!! Get him to join TBH and share stories!

[Bisch]

That’s very cool!!!!

Bisch


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[EZ-10RANCH]

That’s something special and the man has some real talent working flint.

[NotJose]

Very cool story


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[CabezaBlanca]

Very awesome!

[Hogmauler]

That is bad azz! Does he have a website?

[chrigging]

Cool knife!

[Mertzon Man]

Take pics when you skin that deer and tell us how it worked.
Very cool knife!

[Jzoch]

That's awesome!! Cool little skinner.

[Smart]

Very nice!

[Oleman]

WOW! That skinner is indeed a piece of art. You also have a great friend.

[Buck_jane]

That knife is awesome. I'd be interested to see how it works when you use it

[kenith_rowe2004]

Pretty cool gift.

[GarGuy]

Interesting thread. Super cool knife. Thank you for sharing.

Is the handle ivory?

[Mudslinger]

Originally Posted by GarGuy

Interesting thread. Super cool knife. Thank you for sharing.

Is the handle ivory?

No just wood.

[Saltyag15]

How neat is that?! Thanks for sharing.

[Cliff Dog]

Very cool!

[CentralTXHunter]

That’s awesome. Good to have talented friends. That handle is wood? I really thought it was bone/ivory like GarGuy pondered.


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[7sdad]

Very nice!

[jfk47]

awesome knife. When I first opened this thread, I thought you had met a guy I went to high school with. Same name. But he wasn't a big guy and is still in Texas.

[manwitaplan]

Very cool story. Thanks for sharing. Get some pics skinning that deer. Those should be cool pics.


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[Geezy Rider]

That is too cool.