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Temps have shot up this week..well over 100 in the garage/shop, so...LEATHER!
finished this one up for a small fixed blade.
These two are headed to Blues!
All are set up for canted cross draw carry.
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but it was pretty neat to do
One of my earliest endeavors, I forged the blade out of O1 steel and made a brass bolster and walnut handle, and then a rugged leather sheath
This was way back in the mid 90’s after forging it I felt that was enough to tell me I was not going to be forging any more
Scratched in my G2
This has been in my wife’s uncle’s collection, I gave him a long time ago, he passed away back in February and I visited his wife today and we looked and found it so it came back home
G2
..........Fine job...........I'd use the hell out of it...
Very clean!
Nice job G2. Glad its not lost to time.One of my earliest endeavors, I forged the blade out of O1 steel and made a brass bolster and walnut handle, and then a rugged leather sheath
This was way back in the mid 90’s after forging it I felt that was enough to tell me I was not going to be forging any more
Scratched in my G2
This has been in my wife’s uncle’s collection, I gave him a long time ago, he passed away back in February and I visited his wife today and we looked and found it so it came back home
G2
So impressed with people that can make a knife out of a hunk of steel GG. That’s a ‘someday’ dream for me. And people like Horsewright and others on what seems an unobtainable level, just not sure what to say. You all know how to humble a person.One of my earliest endeavors, I forged the blade out of O1 steel and made a brass bolster and walnut handle, and then a rugged leather sheath
This was way back in the mid 90’s after forging it I felt that was enough to tell me I was not going to be forging any more
Scratched in my G2
This has been in my wife’s uncle’s collection, I gave him a long time ago, he passed away back in February and I visited his wife today and we looked and found it so it came back home
G2
Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr
Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr
Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr
Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr
Thanks E ecallahan it was a fun project, this was way before anything like Forged In Fire was even a spark of an idea. But I felt it was something that I always wanted to try my hand at.
Blade is about 3 1/2" and the handle swells up into the bolster which provides a bit of security while using, the handle has some contours to it and measures out at 5 1/2", I made it longer to give more options during use, if I were to do it over again I'd probably shrink it down to 4 1/2" but for now I don't want to mess with that.
The strap comes around the spine of the handle and snaps down, so that way when you unsnap it, the strap folds away from the cutting edge. That was kinda like leather origami to make that belt loop/strap section.
Inside the sheath I added a couple of spacers so when the knife is inserted it has some compression against the blade so if the strap comes undone the knife is still retained.
This was made like I said, way back, before I started embossing the month and year on my sheaths. Which I like doing so folks can tell just how long ago their sheath was made.
G2
Those look great!
Simple, elegant and useful. Excellent attention to detail, my friend.
Beautiful job Josh!!!!!
