IMO My best so far.

[Rowanwood]

So this is my latest after a long time of doing nothing. (School's kept me busy)
A buddy of mine is going on a tall ship for a period of time and wanted a knife to go with him.
O-1 , Ipe and Copper pins.

I left some scale from HT on the blade, I think it gives some texture.
I stitched the leather sheath together as well.

 

[Patrice Lemée]

Looking good. Two areas you might want to try and work on for the next one.

1) alignment of the handle pins
2) shape of the front part of the scales

As far as the sheath, it is a good first try. Get "Custom Knife Sheaths With Chuck Burrows". It will help get your sheath work on par with your knife work.

Let's see the next one. :thumbup:

 

[Rob Cole]

No advice here since I'm a beginner myself, but it looks good. Your friend should be happy with it.

 

[Fletch Helical]

Looking good. Two areas you might want to try and work on for the next one.

1) alignment of the handle pins
2) shape of the front part of the scales

As far as the sheath, it is a good first try. Get "Custom Knife Sheaths With Chuck Burrows". It will help get your sheath work on par with your knife work.

Let's see the next one. :thumbup:

Agreed.

Nice looking knife :thumbup:. Chuck's DVD is totally worth it I'd also suggest "The Art of Hand Stitching Leather" by Al Stohlman. Between those 2 things your next sheath will probably look like you 100th. Ideally you don't want the stitching to go around the outside of the sheath and putting a welt in there will help prevent the threads from getting cut.

 

[lonepine]

I left some scale from HT on the blade, I think it gives some texture.

I do that too except I call it "character" rather than texture. Sometimes they end up positively reeking with "character".

- LonePine
AKA Paul Meske, Wisconsin

 

[Rowanwood]

Guess I'd better go out and spend some money on some decent leather and (yay!!!) books. There are few things I like better than learning new things.

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

Looks good, and with the problems mentioned addressed, your next should be very nice.

To elaborate on the sheath problem, the blade will cut through the stitching and could easily injure the user. A sheath for a sharp knife needs a glued up welt and saddle stitching. Whip stitching will fail fast.