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Who else here has modified your sheath, with your name & other markings? I see mod'd knives quite a bit, but not much in the way of mod'd sheaths. I'm open to suggestions, if you folks know of a better way to align & space things out.
I recently gave my son my #1217, since he liked it so much, and I bought a #1225 Navy for use while camping. Today I decided to stamp the sheath with my name, and since it's a "NAVY" knife, I figured I'd stamp in some of the dates from my time in the navy in the 80's. I just kept going until I figured I'd had enough practice for the day. While I've gotten better at alignment & spacing, I'm still an amateur, to say the least. Whatever; it's still a nice way to spend the evening in the garage. Once I give the leather a good rubdown with neatsfoot oil, the stray marks & impressions should fade.
Here's a little history:
Back in 2011, my inlaws moved into an assisted living facility, and my father-in-law gave me his old Kennedy tool box. He was using this box & tools in the late 50's & early 60's, at one point working on USAF B36 "Peacemaker" & B58 "Hustler" bombers, both made by Convair, I think. He's literally a living history lesson.
I've been stamping some of my tools and other items lately with a 1/8" steel stamp set that was in the box, but several letters were missing so I finally bought a new full set. There was a jig in the tool box that worked with the old stamp set, but it probably wasn't meant for that. (From what my father-in-law tells me, they improvised & made a lot of their own tooling & parts as needed.) The old jig won't work with the new set, so I've been free-handing with just a straight edge for alignment.
The "ORCA" above is a technique I showed my son with a regular punch; this was one way we marked things when I was in the navy. Below that is regular 1/8" letter stamps: 2nd Fleet Atlantic, 1985-87, and 3rd Fleet Pacific, 1987-89.
USS Nimitz, CVN-68, Air Dept., V-2 Division, Arresting Gear. In January 1989 I recovered the 45,000th aircraft on arresting gear engine #2. As of early 1989, total recoveries for all four AG engines equaled 150,000+ aircraft arrestments since she put to sea in 1975. Two major milestones for us in one year.
Several orders I became a part of in my four years on board. Those of you who are former squids may know what some of these are. Bluenose, Shellback, the Rock, and Golden Dragon. (I had to look up the Rock & Golden Dragon; they were in my record, but I'd forgotten what they were.)
I recently gave my son my #1217, since he liked it so much, and I bought a #1225 Navy for use while camping. Today I decided to stamp the sheath with my name, and since it's a "NAVY" knife, I figured I'd stamp in some of the dates from my time in the navy in the 80's. I just kept going until I figured I'd had enough practice for the day. While I've gotten better at alignment & spacing, I'm still an amateur, to say the least. Whatever; it's still a nice way to spend the evening in the garage. Once I give the leather a good rubdown with neatsfoot oil, the stray marks & impressions should fade.
Here's a little history:
Back in 2011, my inlaws moved into an assisted living facility, and my father-in-law gave me his old Kennedy tool box. He was using this box & tools in the late 50's & early 60's, at one point working on USAF B36 "Peacemaker" & B58 "Hustler" bombers, both made by Convair, I think. He's literally a living history lesson.
I've been stamping some of my tools and other items lately with a 1/8" steel stamp set that was in the box, but several letters were missing so I finally bought a new full set. There was a jig in the tool box that worked with the old stamp set, but it probably wasn't meant for that. (From what my father-in-law tells me, they improvised & made a lot of their own tooling & parts as needed.) The old jig won't work with the new set, so I've been free-handing with just a straight edge for alignment.
The "ORCA" above is a technique I showed my son with a regular punch; this was one way we marked things when I was in the navy. Below that is regular 1/8" letter stamps: 2nd Fleet Atlantic, 1985-87, and 3rd Fleet Pacific, 1987-89.
USS Nimitz, CVN-68, Air Dept., V-2 Division, Arresting Gear. In January 1989 I recovered the 45,000th aircraft on arresting gear engine #2. As of early 1989, total recoveries for all four AG engines equaled 150,000+ aircraft arrestments since she put to sea in 1975. Two major milestones for us in one year.
Several orders I became a part of in my four years on board. Those of you who are former squids may know what some of these are. Bluenose, Shellback, the Rock, and Golden Dragon. (I had to look up the Rock & Golden Dragon; they were in my record, but I'd forgotten what they were.)
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I'd like to get a set of small Letter stamps --- I only have the big ones.