Shoemaker Shivs

[Andrew Colglazier]

Kismet turned me on to these little blades, so I bought a few and took a shot at them.

Because my shop is so hot right now, I decided to wrap these knives, as Ragnar suggested on his website.

These are the little "Shoemaker's" blades Ragnar advertises on his site.

I vinegar etched the blades, then wrapped them with various things.

Should make some nice little EDCs, just need to make some sheaths for them.

The wraps are soaked in superglue, then sanded.

Andy

 

[pitdog]

They look pretty cool !!!

 

[kgd]

Nice - I like the fat handled one. Is that all cord providing the bulk or do you have something under there to flesh out the wrapping?

The cord wrap and patina gives those knives a nice 'primitive' hunting knife like look. Very pleasant to the eye!

 

[siguy]

i like the 3-D cord wraps on those couple, very nice job.

 

[LittleHairyApe]

The wraps are soaked in superglue, then sanded.
Andy

Where does one obtain dippable (I assume) quantities of superglue? I have only seen it in the tiny squeeze tubes. Thanks for the pictures too. BTVS.

 

[Kismet]

Liking them, Andy.

Not sure if they look primitive functional, or prison-yard shank effective.

GREAT little cobbler's blades, aren't they?

(define a "few", as in, "I bought a few.")






Kis
enjoy every sandwich

 

[BarberFobic1992]

much better than the red string that they origanally come with

 

[Andrew Colglazier]

Nice - I like the fat handled one. Is that all cord providing the bulk or do you have something under there to flesh out the wrapping?

The cord wrap and patina gives those knives a nice 'primitive' hunting knife like look. Very pleasant to the eye!

Thanks! There are shims under the wraps on the thicker handled knives.

Andy

 

[IndyBlades]

what is the website you got them from?
They look pretty cool and fun project.

 

[xDeckardx]

the brownish handle one looks real nice~!