Number 4 Done

i4Marc

i4Marc

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Well, I finished my 4th knife!. It is my first knife with a guard and glued handle. The guard is soldered. Seems like the sheath actually took longer to make than the knife. It was a PITA. It is lined with pigskin. The client wanted a tie down point at the bottom of the sheath. But after trying a number of sketches of different ways to do that I decided I didn't like the look of a tab sticking out somewhere. I figured a hidden D ring on the backside would keep the clean lines of the sheath. I didn't have a D ring so I made one out of some brass bar stock. The knife is 1084 sanded to 600 grit. The blade is 4 & 7/8" long with the knife having an OAL of 10". A couple of the crappy pics were taken before I gave it a final clean up. Comments welcomed.

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Awesome! Love the curly maple, what'd you use for a stain/sealer? Can't believe it's only your fourth!

As an aside, maple is a very tough wood, made my mother a kitchen knife 5-6 years ago, and while she doesn't leave it in the sink or put it in the dishwasher the handle has held up wonderfully even though it's not stabilized. Got to try some more with maple.
 
Good Lord man, that's a fantastic effort. Really beautiful handle for sure. I hope my forth can be anything close to as nice.

I love the sheath too. Really dig the stitching. Only thing I'd change (and you may hate em) is that I'd have used one of those ball post looking things (I really need to learn the proper term) instead of a snap. I'm referring to the hardware that has a screw in, or rivet in, post, that has a ball on the end (I *think* some refer to these as a frog?). Then you cut a hole in the keeper strap to go over the ball... I'm slaughtering what I'm trying to say... Anyway, take a look at Paul Longs sheaths if you don't know what I'm talking about. I believe he uses them for his keeper straps pretty often.

Again, fantastic work. :)
 
Thanks everybody.

Will52100, for the handle I used Transtint dyes mixed with Linseed Oil rubbed in by hand to build up the gradient and color. Then I used about 8 or 9 coats of TruOil to apply the protective coats. This handle was not stabilized but I am working with some maple handles now that will be.

Strigamort, I think I know what you mean, hahaha. I told the client that he wouldn't need the strap because the knife would be very snug in the sheath (which it is) and would not fall out. But he was insistent about having that kind of strap with a snap. Hey, who am I to argue. He wants it, he gets it.
 
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