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[jfk1110]

Both knife and sheath…
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Beautiful job!!!!

 

[Sharp & Fiery]

Beautiful job!!!!

Thank you.

 

[Horsewright]

Both knife and sheath…
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Ok thats about gorgeous! Knife and sheath. Really like those slips too!

 

[Sharp & Fiery]

Ok thats about gorgeous! Knife and sheath. Really like those slips too!

Thank you Dave!
(Full transparency…only thing I didn’t do was the grind) Although I have done grinds, my grinder crapped out about 2 years ago.

 

[A.L.]

I can buy awls like this one. I’m sure it will work in my drill press.

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A little late but I just noticed this. I'm hobbyist leathercrafter and my stitching game changed massively with small drill press I got. I use just regular drill bits but small enough that the waxed thread doesn't wiggle around. I also recommend the pizza cutter looking thing for making even hole marks and then the couger that makes stitching groove that sinks in the thread. Sorry I don't have any pics of the drill now but I post this pic of sheath instead.

 

[A.L.]

Lately I have just been doing some simple pocket slips. Should do something more complex for a while but just haven’t really needed anything..

 

[Horsewright]

Lately I have just been doing some simple pocket slips. Should do something more complex for a while but just haven’t really needed anything..

Very nice work! Excellent photo skills too!

 

[A.L.]

Very nice work! Excellent photo skills too!

Thank you very much!

 

[Horsewright]

Ya bet, thanks for posting your work and welcome!

 

[bladegrinder]

Three standard sheaths....

Thanks for looking!

 

[jfk1110]

Three standard sheaths....

Thanks for looking!

Nice work...

 

[Horsewright]

Three standard sheaths....

Thanks for looking!

Nice job!

 

[Horsewright]

Three standard sheaths....

Thanks for looking!

Had a chance to look at your pics again. Your tooling patern reminds me a little of a pattern I use to see on some older saddles. It was done with two camo stamps though not the veiner. Large one first on the outside and then a smaller one on the inside. Kinda had an Old West look to it. I did it a coupel of times on a breastcollar and a pair of saddlebags. But that was way before digital photography. Just a persona; perspective but I think I like the first tooling pattern best. The one with the seeder inside the camo stamp.

 

[Horsewright]

Some recents:

This guy needed a new sheath. Built the knife and original sheath back in 2015 or so:

These two guys were in for sheaths too:

 

[Wedgy]

Hi Dave on knife 3 and 5 above are they brass pins with a copper washer in the scales?. Thanks
This has been said many times but I will say it again you do the most fantastic work. Cheers

 

[Horsewright]

Hi Dave on knife 3 and 5 above are they brass pins with a copper washer in the scales?. Thanks
This has been said many times but I will say it again you do the most fantastic work. Cheers

Thank you for the kind words! Those are Loveless Bolts named after Bob Loveless a patriarch of the custom knife world. So they are screws with nuts. A step drill/specialized rivet drill is used to make a two sized hole. The smaller for the screw goes all the way through and the larger part of the hole about half way through the handle material on each side. The bolts are installed and tightened. Then finish the handle in normal fashion. Results are as you see them, kinda a little more industrial than my normal mosaic pin. I use them on larger knives and all kitchen knives. They are a very positive handle securement.

You can get them in all stainless steel, all copper, all brass, or mix and match, in a couple different sizes. I like to use the copper nuts on a brass screw as it then matches my lanyard tubing and the mosaic pins and bolster.

A few more recents shipped yesterday and today:

 

[Wedgy]

Thank you Dave for the information hope you all have a great day at your place. Cheers

 

[Horsewright]

You bet and you too! No shop time yesterday really. The wife and I shoveled two pick up truck loads of 3/4" gravel into a french drain. Getting old for those kind of shenanigans.

 

[Lorien]

I just got the score of a lifetime! My mom ran into the textiles teacher from our local highschool at the fabric shop the other day, told her I do some leather work. Teacher says, hey I inherited a bag of leather, he can have it if he wants. So, I got her number from mom, contacted her and picked this bag up at the high school the other day

just finished organizing it yesterday. It's all garment leather- a bunch of shirts, vests etc completely and carefully broken down into usable pieces. The first thing I'ma make is a shop apron which I've been putting off way too long. Then maybe a pair of gloves. Anyway, I'm super stoked to have an inventory of high end leather to work with!

 

[Horsewright]

I just got the score of a lifetime! My mom ran into the textiles teacher from our local highschool at the fabric shop the other day, told her I do some leather work. Teacher says, hey I inherited a bag of leather, he can have it if he wants. So, I got her number from mom, contacted her and picked this bag up at the high school the other day

just finished organizing it yesterday. It's all garment leather- a bunch of shirts, vests etc completely and carefully broken down into usable pieces. The first thing I'ma make is a shop apron which I've been putting off way too long. Then maybe a pair of gloves. Anyway, I'm super stoked to have an inventory of high end leather to work with!

Very cool! I see overlays and inlays in your future!