Whacha Been Up To......

Horsewright said:
True that!

Been busy too:

This style of sheath is very popular in the western world and lots of makers make one. I'd never really been happy with the fit on a larger knife like a Buck 110. I got a request for one from a fellow BF member and I modified the existing pattern for this sheath to hold a 110 better. Worked out great. The knife snaps into place and has great retention but ya don't need pliers to get it out either.

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This one is water buffalo overlay.

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These two belong to two different ranchers. One here locally and the other in AZ. Both were needing new sheaths:

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Made a new one and tightened up his old one too:

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The rancher in AZ sent me several other knives too for sheaths:

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Belts too:

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A guy still screws up once in a while. I was suppose to be making this holster for a 1911 5" with a rail underneath. Like the stainless one in this pic.

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But I screwed up and made my stitch line too tight for the rail. But it fit a regular 1911 without the rail perfectly. Built another one for the order and had an extra to put on the website for stock:

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I put the extra on the site and it lasted overnight before it sold:

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In its new home in WY:

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Another holster and belt set. The Carlos border stamp with basket stamp inside is by far, my most popular tooling pattern for a holster.

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MOre gun leather. Three rifle scabbards:

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Whacha been up to?
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What rivets are those on the belt? Looks great!
 
Horsewright said:
True that!
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These two belong to two different ranchers. One here locally and the other in AZ. Both were needing new sheaths:

yg2Zdul.jpg


73sTD0v.jpg


Made a new one and tightened up his old one too:

D4MFmmL.jpg


The rancher in AZ sent me several other knives too for sheaths:


xSvfDaA.jpg


Whacha been up to?
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If those old sheaths could talk ! They certainly don’t baby them out there on the range!
As always thanks for bringing us along for ride!
G2
 
John A. Larsen said:
Who made the fixed blade ? John
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Hey John,

It’s a fixed blade by a Canadian friend and knifemaker we designed together. It’s our “modern” take on a puuko. The blade is 3 3/4” long with an OAL of 8.5.”
There are two faceted ti spacers and one of them we treated the ti to a sort of “case hardening” look. The bolster is OD green micarta and the handle is ringed gidgee.
The maker is Cole Thompson and he makes everything by hand. He has incredible talent.

Best of all…this is a full takedown knife, my absolute favorite type of fixed blade.

Here are some of the makers photos…
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Thanks for inquiring. 😎
 
Sharp & Fiery said:
Hey John,

It’s a fixed blade by a Canadian friend and knifemaker we designed together. It’s our “modern” take on a puuko. The blade is 3 3/4” long with an OAL of 8.5.”
There are two faceted ti spacers and one of them we treated the ti to a sort of “case hardening” look. The bolster is OD green micarta and the handle is ringed gidgee.
The maker is Cole Thompson and he makes everything by hand. He has incredible talent.

Best of all…this is a full takedown knife, my absolute favorite type of fixed blade.

Here are some of the makers photos…
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Thanks for inquiring. 😎
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One handsome blade my man..😉
 
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Time to do sheaths for these 4!

Made up a pattern and used my laser to cut it. Learned veg tan dyed leather is easy to cut, 350mm/min, 100% on a 10w diode laser worked great for the welts. Not so much for the water buffalo! 200min/min, 100% on a 20w diode, 3 passes and it's mostly cut through. I am cutting 1/8" thick wood faster! LOL.

Got one done, 2 more waiting for perimeter cleanup so I can punch the holes and one turned out horrible, so I gotta restink up the garage cutting more leather!
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Taz said:
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Time to do sheaths for these 4!

Made up a pattern and used my laser to cut it. Learned veg tan dyed leather is easy to cut, 350mm/min, 100% on a 10w diode laser worked great for the welts. Not so much for the water buffalo! 200min/min, 100% on a 20w diode, 3 passes and it's mostly cut through. I am cutting 1/8" thick wood faster! LOL.

Got one done, 2 more waiting for perimeter cleanup so I can punch the holes and one turned out horrible, so I gotta restink up the garage cutting more leather!
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Excellent!
 
Got 3 done! 1 more to go! Had a punch bend a prong and I didn't realize it until the next set of holes and saw one was WAY off, so I scrapped that one as well as one I double punched the stitch line on. 3rd sheath (reverse tanto blade one) looks the best so far stitching wise. The others came out nice, I used the arbor press to get the initial holes, then the drill press/awl to go the rest of the way thru. The last one, I awled from the back side and then did a single hit on the punches from the back. With just the awl, the hole was barely visible on the back side and when I awled from the back to open it up a bit, the WB discolors where the material is stressed, so using the chisel prongs again on the back helped give it a more even look to it.

The black Tokonole works well to hide the differences between the brown drum dyed veg tan welt piece and makes the burnishing a bit cleaner. I usually use the white Tokonole, but the black came in handy for these!
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I used a more natural/lighter color thread on the top and bottom and a darker one in the middle. It matches pretty closely to the color of the water buffalo in the stitch groove, so it's hard to see the threads on these!

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