mmmmm...Snake Skin!

[leatherman]

Someone wanted to see some snake skin, it was on another forum, but I distinctly remember someone wanting to see some.
It is in progress, so the content is still Ratty, but I currently have a project going for a certain buck toothed (no, not me!!!) friend of mine (I mean my RAT! Not Gundy! )
Soooo, without too much adou, here are some examples of what a snake can do besides slither around in the grass tickling its belly!

 

[Mtnclimber69]

Very nice! I have been holding on to a really large piece (1 x 4 foot) of brown anaconda for years... got it passed down to me from a relative who used to make fur coats and the like. Maybe I could use it to make sheaths! So far it has just been used to scare small children.

 

[leatherman]

DROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!! Anaconda!!! The possibilities......ALL the possibilities.....

 

[Mtnclimber69]

email sent... future collaberation?

 

[gundy]

Some sweet stuff! top is my fav...

 

[Mtnclimber69]

not sure how to post a pic... but the snake I have a piece of would have been larger than this... (link below) given the diameter. Yellow Anaconda... food for thought, keep a knife handy and sharp in the jungle!

http://digilander.libero.it/felice/Anaconda.jpg

 

[Maclean]

Nice work Leatherman! How 'bout the details on that bottom piece? Knife maker, along with scale material and the skin you inlayed on that sheath would be much appreciated, that's a sweetheart of an outfit!

Mac

 

[Eric Isaacson]

Leatherman,
Holy Cow, those are beauties.

Please give us some more details...especially type of snake

 

[Andrew Lynch]

Very nice!!!

 

[leatherman]

All these sheaths have the skin from a whip snake, its amazing all the patterns and scale shapes that come out of this snake!! If you think that snake is interesting try the Kamagong, darn thing looks like a beaded purse! I've done some Rattle Snake too, but its awful expensive to work with. Python, Tegu Lizard, shark, alligator, even Emu foot! It looks like a dinosaur skin!
That bottom knife was a mystery, I put it up in the KF forums in Levines site and he said it looked like a certain production maker except for the scales which are a little different. I have no idea what they were made of.
MtnClimber69, Collaberation eh? Sounds good to me! I got your message and I am thinking about it as I write this. By your description it sounds like that skin would make a beautiful inlay.

 

[Bravado]

Wow! Nice stuff!

 

[Eric Isaacson]

Leatherman,
Thanks for the info. The sheaths look great