Advancing a young knifemaker

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Today I made a sheath for our fellow young knifemaker Marcel.

Now the knife the sheath is intended for, is something special. It was forged and built by Marcel at the beginning of the year.

Of course I assisted him here and there, and tokk over when it got too complicated or dangerous for him. But he really tried hard to do most things on his own. So when he was finished, he was quite proud of the resulting knife as you can see on the following pic :).

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Now everyone of us knows that a knife without a sheath is only a half knife. Because of that I borrowed it, stating that I'll sharpen it for him. Of course I made a sheath for it and surprised him with it today :D.

And surprised he was and happy of course too, he immediately told me that the next thing he has to get is a proper belt so he can carry his precious everywhere :).

I really have to say that I slowly grow fond of making sheaths. They still look a bit odd from time to time, but it's a great fealing if you can finally form leather consciously. It used to be that the leather was in command of how the sheaths were going to look like ;).

So here are the pics of the sheath. I hope you enjoy the pics as much as I enjoyed the whole process :).

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Looking forward to your comments.

Regards Marcus
 
FANTASTIC Marcus!

I really got a kick out of the title... I thought you were referring to advancing yourself! ;)

It is absolutely outstanding that you are helping this young fella Marcel out. I'm proud of 'ya.

It's a great looking knife to boot... I love the forged texture with the clean bevels. Love it. :thumbup: :cool:

Thanks for sharing Marcus! :D
 
Marcus, you old softie! Helping out a kid and sneaking in work behind his back. ;)

There is something magical about an inspired work that forces fresh energy into us. You did well.

My good thoughts to you, and my congratulations to young Marcel for his skills and good fortune! :thumbup:

Coop
 
What a great story. And a super-nice little knife. Really well done - both of you. Sheath looks like a fine piece of work as well.

Roger
 
Get em when they're young and they'll be hooked for life :) Good job both of you!!!!
 
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