A little birthday eye candy........

Wild Rose

Wild Rose

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A gift to ya'll on my birthday........:cool:
I took a "break" from a whole bunch of leather work and put together some frontier knives (and a couple of sheaths!) during the last month or so of the year.....

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Knives 1,2,5, & 6 are all built with blades by my old compadre Gib Guignard, RIP.
#1 is actually one for me! (guess which one will be the last to get a sheaths LOL!) and has a mule deer antler handle with cast pewter bolster and butt cap, and has a buffalo rawhide wrap. The 6.5" blade is based on an original SW skinner trade blade.
#2 is a SW dagger patterned after an original. The blade is 7.25". I has a wrought iron guard, front ferrule, and buttcap with a cast pewter ferrule at the rear. The grip is mesquite finished with my own period violin varnish.
#3 is my own handforged 7.75" blade (I do "maybe" one blade a year any more) made from an old (1890's) whip saw blade and patterned after the French trade boucheron's. The grip is Osage Orange with a buffalo rawhide wrap and cast pewter bolster.
#4 is a customer supplied blade, don't know the source, but a it's pretty good blade (I tested it enough to feel comfortable working on it - it's for the same guy who ordered #3) - brass guard, mule deer antler grip with a cast pewter buttcap, and a buffalo rawhide.
#5 is a 7.625" dagger blade with an Osage Orage grip, cast pewter bolster and decorated with brass tacks. This one is also based on an original.
#6 - is a small dag with a coyote jawbone and pewter grip covered with a buffalo rawhide grip.

Here's a couple of sheaths I got done too...
This gent wanted a frontier style combo sheath for a pair of knives by Dana Acker ( www.ackerforge.com )
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This is the #5 knive all sheathed up in the style of the Cheyenne circa 1860
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Thanks for the eye candy and happy birthday :cool:

I love frontier knives and hawks,gotta get into making them.
 
happy birthday! i love these knives! the frontier style is my favorite. i especially love the coyote jaw handle! i would love to try that some time if you dont mind. i'll give credit for the idea :)
-Lou
 
Chuck, I am not normally a fan of frontier style knives, but you never fail to turn my head. Absolutly beautiful work, both knives and sheaths. I'm going to have to make some room in my collection for some of your work. Outstanding!

And oh yeah, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
 
Chuck, thanks for the pics. I sure do like Gibs knives. Went to visit him about 2 weeks before he passed. One of his H-010 models is on my must have list.
Kevin
 
Chuck really like # 2 and3. Are they looking for a home? We might just have to talk.

Happy Birthday!!

The wife's is tomorrow and mine is next week.
 
Glad ya'll enjoyed sharing my B'Day....

Chuck really like # 2 and3. Are they looking for a home? We might just have to talk. - pyrguy
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i especially love the coyote jaw handle! i would love to try that some time if you dont mind. i'll give credit for the idea
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Lou - feel free, it's not my "invention", but thanks for asking - bear jawbone knives go way back and the idea for the coyote jawbone cam from good pal Dana Acker - here's his version with a sheath by me.....

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very cool. im thinking of flat grinding the insides of the jaw and using a router for a grove to put a hidden tang in. then pin and epoxy. opinions? your sheaths are awesome!
-Lou
 
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