Finished Nessie from Old Hickory, and pics

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The blade is 4.25" long, 0.090" thick and convexed. The handle, lacewood, is 4.25" with brass furniture. The sheath is not finished yet. Boy-o-boy I like this project.

Since I've stopped taking sheath orders, and can make knives again, I'm a happy Cajun.







 
Great work, Andy:)...as usual.

I'm really excited to get started on my Nessie once i find a free weekend. No handle mod like that on my end:o Way out of my skill range at this point. However, i'm thinking I'll sand the handle down and seal both the wood and the steel to protect it, then wrap it in waxed nylon thread. I like the grippy feel it gives since the knife has no guard and I don't plan on modding the handle to a more hand-filling shape. It's also cheap and easy to redo. I'll follow all of this up with a very crude and ugly (but tough) leather sheath.
I can't wait to find some time. I guess i better get some cutting wheels for my roto tool.

Oh, and thanks for the specs! I was wondering how long I was going to need to make the blade.

Jake
 
GREAT JOB!

Now when are you gonna start taking knife orders?


Seriously I can't wait to see what kind of sheath you come up with for it!
 
Thanks Jake, and no probs on the specs.

A word of caution when sanding downt he handle. The pins are NOT solid. They've got a head maybe 0.2" dia that is joined to a pin that is smaller. Be careful when you're sanding it down, or you'll sand through the head.

A picture is worth a thousand words they say.
 

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aproy1101 said:
Thanks Jake, and no probs on the specs.

A word of caution when sanding downt he handle. The pins are NOT solid. They've got a head maybe 0.2" dia that is joined to a pin that is smaller. Be careful when you're sanding it down, or you'll sand through the head.

A picture is worth a thousand words they say.
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Holy cow!:eek: point taken. Thank you, sir!

Jake
 
Wouldn't take you an extra hour to deslab it and add your own bro. If you've got a drill press, that is. Or just remove the stock pins and repin the slabs using solid material. That way you could add some epoxy between scale and tang. There is none there originally and IMO, its a big improvement to have them glued on there.

Guys, thanks for the look and the compliments. I wanna see what you guys make!
 
Nice job, Andy! So are you getting out of the sheath business or just catching up on your backlog?
 
Very cool. There has got to be something to the nessie thing... Many like 'em lots.... Believe in Nessie? :D


Mike
 
I don't wanna say I'm getting out of the sheath business, but for the time being I've stopped taking orders so I can spend some time doing other hobbies. Where I can, I mean. Leah is due in a few weeks.
 
Outstanding Andy. :thumbup: Low tech, low cost, but exceptionally fine result, that there is the Po'boy creedo. Had that conversation once upon a time with my old girlfriend/hiking buddy. When considering the material objects encountered in life, never confuse monetary cost with actual worth or value. True worth can only be measured by how much an object enriches our life. The Po'boy knows that from that perspective a five dollar knife made from an old file, saw blade, or in this case cut down butcher knife, will, in practical use, do everything an artsy fartsy 200 dollar custom lays claim to. Stick the 195 dollars saved in your pocket and go cut stuff with a smile on your face. Git 'r done Andy, proud of you hoss. :D

Sarge
 
Thanks Sarge. I'm grinning from ear to ear here.

That Po'boy Creedo you've laid out so eloquently leads to plain old good living IMO. Self reliance is the essence of stability. I am trying to build more of those skills I was too dumb to learn from my elders when I was a kid.
 
Dayum, boy! Nice! I've heard you and others talking about your sheaths, but that... well, that's just very nice! I'm a bit jealous now.... ;-)

Very good work. You will enjoy that combo for many years.

Andy
 
Ya know, I MIGHT sometime in the future be able to put together a knife like that, but to come up with a classy, yet understated sheath like that takes and artful streak which I do not think I possess. I'm continually impressed by people who can just "whip up" something like that.

Andy
 
great work as always, Andy:)

Now,..um Andy #2:D you oughta take the dive into leather! i did, and i find it a very rewarding hobby. Granted, i can't make anything that looks like THAT;) however, that has more to do with lack of equipment than lack of understanding. give it a try:)! after about a half dozen of them, you start to really understand what works, what doesn't, etc. i have a design cookin in my noggin that is going to push my skills. now, it's not going to look like Andy's work, but i hope to make it a little extra special:)

Jake
 
Thanks guys.

Andrew, I learned both the knifemaking and sheathmaking here from Sarge, and Yvsa, etc. Only thing I can take credit for is doing the projects they gave guidance on. The equipment I use for leatherworking fits in a tackle box with the exception of a belt sander I used on those edges. If you check my start date you'll see it doesn't take long to catch on.

BTW, wanna see some sheaths that blow mine away? Google Mike Tea, or Sandy Morrisey.

Where has Yvsa been? Yvsa you OK?
 
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