Old Guy Gets New Pants:

[Horsewright]

Had a guy that runs a pack string bring me this old Schrade. He bought it off the bay for $15. He's fond of these knives and I've built sheaths for him before:

He's busy this time of year running equipment etc into the back country for the Forest Service and the firefighters with his mules.

 

[JohnDF]

He's busy this time of year running equipment etc into the back country for the Forest Service

That's one job I really miss!!!
Beautiful belt sheath, Dave.

 

[kamagong]

He's busy this time of year running equipment etc into the back country for the Forest Service and the firefighters with his mules.

Is that still a thing where they use pack mules to transport supplies to isolated outposts off the beaten track?

 

[dsutton24]

I expected this thread to be about cargo shorts.

 

[Horsewright]

That's one job I really miss!!!
Beautiful belt sheath, Dave.

Thanks. He picked up the sheath yesterday and it’s in the hills today. He was packing in some solar panels to an isolated cabin.

I expected this thread to be about cargo shorts.

Not on me that’s for sure.

Is that still a thing where they use pack mules to transport supplies to isolated outposts off the beaten track?

Yes sir very common.

 

[Jack Black]

Not on me that’s for sure.

Great work Dave

 

[Bubber]

That’s is what I call new trousers!

 

[glennbad]

That sheath is quite handsome!

 

[cudgee]

Yes sir very common.

That is very interesting. I would not have thought so.

 

[waynorth]

He's fond of these knives and I've built sheaths for him before:

Nice work, Dave!! Very pleasing!!

 

[Old Hunter]

Nice leatherwork!

 

[Horsewright]

Great work Dave

Thanks my friend!

That’s is what I call new trousers!

That sheath is quite handsome!

Thanks guys!

That is very interesting. I would not have thought so.

Lot of back country here in California that ya can't get to with vehicles. Even on our place, over half of the ranch is only accessible horseback. I'd say probably 2/3s of it.

 

[Horsewright]

Nice work, Dave!! Very pleasing!!

Nice leatherwork!

Thanks guys!

 

[cudgee]

Thanks my friend!



Thanks guys!


Lot of back country here in California that ya can't get to with vehicles. Even on our place, over half of the ranch is only accessible horseback. I'd say probably 2/3s of it.

Thanks for that piece of information, i found it most interesting and i have learnt something new today. Nice work on the sheath by the way, and say hello to the girls for me.

 

[Campbellclanman]

Gorgeous work

 

[EngrSorenson]

The juxtaposition of that sheath/knife combo is pretty funny- a cheap run down knife lives in a very classy new sheath.

im sure both knife and sheath will serve him well. Great job!

 

[AR-Trvlr]

The juxtaposition of that sheath/knife combo is pretty funny- a cheap run down knife lives in a very classy new sheath.

im sure both knife and sheath will serve him well. Great job!

It might be an inexpensive knife, but not poor quality. I’d be itching to clean it up a bit, but I’m sure the owner works it pretty hard.

 

[Horsewright]

Thanks for that piece of information, i found it most interesting and i have learnt something new today. Nice work on the sheath by the way, and say hello to the girls for me.

Ya bet and I will! Thanks.

Gorgeous work

Thank you Duncan!

The juxtaposition of that sheath/knife combo is pretty funny- a cheap run down knife lives in a very classy new sheath.

im sure both knife and sheath will serve him well. Great job!

It happens quite a bit. Yes that sheath was several times the cost of the knife, 7 or 8 times. making our sheaths for other folks knives is a big part of our business. Almost always have a few knives in the shop that I'm working on or waiting to get around too. Oft times I wonder about that. Years ago a guy brought me a packet of three very crappy knives he got at Harbor Freight for $15 and had me make a $65 sheath for each one. That might be the most extreme example I can think of.

It might be an inexpensive knife, but not poor quality. I’d be itching to clean it up a bit, but I’m sure the owner works it pretty hard.

Yes he will and he's fond of high carbon steel. I did knock some of the rust off and sharpened it for him. Pardon the pun but someone lit a fire under the powers to be and after several years of absolutely catastrophic fires here in the wilderness areas of California they've finally got crews out doing something about it, clearing deadfall, etc and trying to remove some of the fuel that now makes a little fire a maelstrom of gigantic proportions. The Dixie fire that started over a month ago has burned over 721,298 acres. Thats 130 square miles or so. Even though it is several hundred miles north of us we still have very smoky air around here right now. Read a report yesterday that they might not get it out till Dec. So he's staying busy hauling stuff around the backcountry. He told me he's completely booked through the end of Oct., he'll be using that knife.

 

[lambertiana]

Is that still a thing where they use pack mules to transport supplies to isolated outposts off the beaten track?

That is very interesting. I would not have thought so.

Lot of back country here in California that ya can't get to with vehicles. Even on our place, over half of the ranch is only accessible horseback. I'd say probably 2/3s of it.

I regularly see pack strings when I am in the back country of Sequoia/Kings Canyon. And I occasionally find thrown mule and horse shoes, too, frequently only half of a worn out shoe.

Nice sheath!

 

[huntnfishin]

I almost hired an outfitter this year to pack in for a week on a dunnage trip. Didn’t draw the deer tag for it though That’s some great leather work!