Mini sgian dubh and wooden sheath (blade #3!)

Justin.Mercier

Justin.Mercier

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Well, the amount of time between blade 1 and blade 2 was 6 months, the amount of time between blade 2 and blade 3 was only 1 month. At this rate I should be starting to pump out a blade a week by next year if I'm lucky !

Then again, this one is a really small one. I've actually made it with the intention being that it will be a kilt pin. I have yet to afix a pin to the back side of the sheath however.

O1 forged to size, some unknown red colored wood for handle and sheath. there's a magnet inside the sheath to hold it in place. This blade cuts better than any blade I've made thus far, so either I'm getting better at sharpening blades, or my blade geometry is better or something.

I'm not entierly happy with the sheath, particularly the fact that the wood glue i used to hold the halves together is a little bit lighter than my test patch dried to, meaning if you look you can see the seem.

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Now my question is, what glue do people usualy use for wooden sheathes? I used normal wood glue instead of epoxy, so that i could better control where the glue went and make sure the color matched, which unfortunately it turned out to not do. Is there a 'black' drying wood glue to use with dark woods?
 
You can use a clear glue, but match it perfectly to the wood by mixing in some of the sawdust from the wood you are using into the glue when you mix, then apply like regular and you get a close to perfect match.
 
Looks good Justin :thumbup:

With every piece you make, you learn a little more
 
Looking good Justin! Glad it cuts better than the last one....means your doing something right!;) You flatter me with your numbers and your comments.:D
Keep up the good work.
Mace
 
Hey, I look up to my elders! That's more than you can say about Mike and Matt! Only time they're looking up is when you knock them on their backsides !

On a side note, any chance you're swinging by the NEB meet in CT in a week and a half? Several people there spoke highly of you at the spring meet, and I think this one in CT is just down the road from you.
 
The best way I have found to make the glue mark dissappear is to sand the two halves flat where they will meet. I use 220 grit on a marble slab ( marble 12" x 12" floor tile. I mark the edges with pencil and just sand gently until the pencil mark is gone all around. I then score the surface away from the edge (in the middle of the joining pieces) to give the glue something to cling to. I use just a film of glue on both sides and put together and clamp with rubber bands. If very much glue comes out you used too much and need to take apart and remove some. If the glue joint is too thick it will be visable. Rather than add saw dust to the glue I gently sand the joint with 600 grit while glue is wet, but starting to set (maybe 5-10 minutes). This will put saw dust into the glue joint at the surface and cover any joint. I just use a good wood working glue (not elmers).
 
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