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Here's some pics of a wood handled Pen-Knife by Bura.
The sheath had a small cut in it that needed fixing and there were some noticeable marks on the side of the blade that weren't totally buffed out when the knife was made which showed up more when I put the convex edge on the blade and took the mirror finish off of the blade.
The temper of the edge is stunning. The blade is only 8" with only 6" sharpened but due to the shape and geometry of the blade, plus the temper of the edge, it smokes a larger Cold Steel Trailmaster as a wilderness and hunting knife.
Here are some pics below. The small tools which came with it were so small as to be worthless and the back small tool pouch of the sheath was too small and needed too much modification. Was going to give T. Sisco a job with it but I don't want to be without the knife for a lengthy period at the moment. The following mods took me one evening.
So, I scavanged the top of an old, thrashed, leather boot and made a small tool sheath which I then sewed into the original frog. I also made a leather holder for an EZE-Lap Model M diamond sharpening rod.
I doped with adhesive some of the threads on the back of the frog to help prtect the threads from abrasion. The frog was laced in the original style but with USGI parachute cord instead of leather.
The chape I took off and reshaped. After the adhesive (Permatex Super Weatherstripping Adhesive) dried, I then drilled a drain hole through it into the scabbard.
The leather patch affixed with adhesive to the front of the scabbard is there as a stop to keep the scabbard in place in the frog. It's a good spot to put decorative tacks (which also would further help secure it, though the adhesive is phenominally strong) and maybe some decorative leather tooling/embossing.
The small tools are my prototype chakma and karda I made a while back. Been too busy to make more, so I used these two for this project since the PK is what I'll currently be using a lot.
The small nylon pouch slides right onto the unlaced frog like it's a belt. The pouch holds a magnesium fire tool with a USGI P38 can opener on a lanyard doing double duty as a striker, a small Victorinox Classic Swiss Army Knife, a pair of strong tweezers (an absolute must in Arizona), and a small LED microlight.
The sheath had a small cut in it that needed fixing and there were some noticeable marks on the side of the blade that weren't totally buffed out when the knife was made which showed up more when I put the convex edge on the blade and took the mirror finish off of the blade.
The temper of the edge is stunning. The blade is only 8" with only 6" sharpened but due to the shape and geometry of the blade, plus the temper of the edge, it smokes a larger Cold Steel Trailmaster as a wilderness and hunting knife.
Here are some pics below. The small tools which came with it were so small as to be worthless and the back small tool pouch of the sheath was too small and needed too much modification. Was going to give T. Sisco a job with it but I don't want to be without the knife for a lengthy period at the moment. The following mods took me one evening.
So, I scavanged the top of an old, thrashed, leather boot and made a small tool sheath which I then sewed into the original frog. I also made a leather holder for an EZE-Lap Model M diamond sharpening rod.
I doped with adhesive some of the threads on the back of the frog to help prtect the threads from abrasion. The frog was laced in the original style but with USGI parachute cord instead of leather.
The chape I took off and reshaped. After the adhesive (Permatex Super Weatherstripping Adhesive) dried, I then drilled a drain hole through it into the scabbard.
The leather patch affixed with adhesive to the front of the scabbard is there as a stop to keep the scabbard in place in the frog. It's a good spot to put decorative tacks (which also would further help secure it, though the adhesive is phenominally strong) and maybe some decorative leather tooling/embossing.
The small tools are my prototype chakma and karda I made a while back. Been too busy to make more, so I used these two for this project since the PK is what I'll currently be using a lot.
The small nylon pouch slides right onto the unlaced frog like it's a belt. The pouch holds a magnesium fire tool with a USGI P38 can opener on a lanyard doing double duty as a striker, a small Victorinox Classic Swiss Army Knife, a pair of strong tweezers (an absolute must in Arizona), and a small LED microlight.
