Tia' Mu' j

P. McKinley

P. McKinley

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Tia' Mu' j(pronounced "Di. aa. Muuch" - Moose calf)

The back story:
My daughter is driven to and from school every day by Bob the taxi driver. Bob is a great guy and my daughter thinks the world of the man. So, when I ran a raffle for one of my knives last year(http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1109773-Mesgi-g-Tia-m) I gave a bunch of tickets to Bob to sell. One of those tickets won the raffle... another taxi driver. As the school year ended I made this little thing as a bit of a thank you gift for keeping my daughter safe and happy.

Tia' Mu' j
4 1/8" of W2 steel and an simple epoxied jute wrapped tang. The sheath is 6/7 oz leather with a moose antler overlay.










-Peter
 
Thanks folks.

Hugo - On this piece I just went by eye.... what looked right. Certainly the spacing needs to be consistent, and the strength and integrity of the thin antler needs to be maintained so they can't be spaced to close. I just scribed a stitch line with a stitching groover, marked the holes, then drilled and chamfered. The antler piece is positioned atop the leather, holes marked, then drilled with a needle on the drill press.

Hope that helps.

-Peter
 
P. McKinley said:
Thanks folks.

Hugo - On this piece I just went by eye.... what looked right. Certainly the spacing needs to be consistent, and the strength and integrity of the thin antler needs to be maintained so they can't be spaced to close. I just scribed a stitch line with a stitching groover, marked the holes, then drilled and chamfered. The antler piece is positioned atop the leather, holes marked, then drilled with a needle on the drill press.

Hope that helps.

-Peter
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Yup that helps. Looks great
 
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