Whacha Been Up To......

[Lorien]

getting close to the end!

 

[duramax]

Here’s a couple that finally made their way to their owner Thanks Apocryphiliac

 

[duramax]

Oops double post :-(

 

[SRWeldon]

Here’s a couple that finally made their way to their owner Thanks Apocryphiliac
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The brown on those 2 sheaths! Dead sexy!

 

[Lorien]

completed the remainder of this 18 piece batch!

and...starting the process of the next. This is the prototype for a batch of Carothers Performance Knives dagger, and so far so good! Should have this one done within a couple days

 

[duramax]

The brown on those 2 sheaths! Dead sexy!

It’s actually a deep burgundy English bridle. Kinda has its own look

 

[duramax]

Some works in progress for the Carothers ( CPK ) UF2 These are the first off my first pattern , so far so good I’m thinking. Considering I usually do this twice at least lol.

 

[Lorien]

this is the final prototype and the closest to what the final dagger sheaths will look like

 

[just-a-hunter]

Here’s a couple that finally made their way to their owner Thanks Apocryphiliac
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I really like these. I really like your use of kydex for the tip protectors. Big thumbs up!

Todd

 

[duramax]

I really like these. I really like your use of kydex for the tip protectors. Big thumbs up!

Todd

Thank you

Yeah they add a little to the build ,but I think it’s worth it. I like using the Chicago screws as they can be removed if needed.

 

[Horsewright]

Really liking that stamp duramax! The wavy basket with the skulls.

 

[Sharp & Fiery]

Stamping looks great, Bill! duramax
I think we get our stamps from the same place.

 

[duramax]

Stamping looks great, Bill! duramax
I think we get our stamps from the same place.

You know we just might be

 

[Gary W. Graley]

I was roped into helping my old boss out, his dad gave him a dagger when he was a young boy, hmm seems like an inappropriate gift lol but it is very sentimental type of gift and he asked me to make a sheath for it and then after I had the sheath done, said 'did you clean up the blade and sharpen it?' ....uh no, I don't automatically change someone else's knife like that unless asked to do so, it was very corroded and quite dull, I was not enthused to begin with as I don't take on fixed blade sheaths, but, he's my old boss and a friend of sorts
The handle is cast aluminum and the fit to the blade feels solid, no telling who made it or how old. The blade is about 1/4" in the center and narrows down to the point.

I brought the back section up and around to form the belt loop, it goes into the sheath about 1/2" and I cut slots for the retainer to pass through and glued that into place. The blade is snug for the last 3" as it fully seats into the sheath so if the snap came loose, it would still be safely held in place. 5 layers of leather at the top, tapering down to three near the point, makes for some thick leather to hand sew!

The skull embossing I used some highlighter to bring out the details and carefully dyed around it so it provided contrast to the black sheath.

Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr

Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr

Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr

Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr

He'll collect it next week sometime, I'll be happy to have it out the door

G2

 

[Lorien]

sending this chef knife to a friend of mine for critique, and whipped together this saya for it. Wanna make sure he can bring the knife to bbqs or whatever

it's pretty not too bad for a quick and dirty project

 

[duramax]

I was roped into helping my old boss out, his dad gave him a dagger when he was a young boy, hmm seems like an inappropriate gift lol but it is very sentimental type of gift and he asked me to make a sheath for it and then after I had the sheath done, said 'did you clean up the blade and sharpen it?' ....uh no, I don't automatically change someone else's knife like that unless asked to do so, it was very corroded and quite dull, I was not enthused to begin with as I don't take on fixed blade sheaths, but, he's my old boss and a friend of sorts
The handle is cast aluminum and the fit to the blade feels solid, no telling who made it or how old. The blade is about 1/4" in the center and narrows down to the point.

I brought the back section up and around to form the belt loop, it goes into the sheath about 1/2" and I cut slots for the retainer to pass through and glued that into place. The blade is snug for the last 3" as it fully seats into the sheath so if the snap came loose, it would still be safely held in place. 5 layers of leather at the top, tapering down to three near the point, makes for some thick leather to hand sew!

The skull embossing I used some highlighter to bring out the details and carefully dyed around it so it provided contrast to the black sheath.

Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr

Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr

Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr

Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr

He'll collect it next week sometime, I'll be happy to have it out the door

G2

That came out super nice!!!!!! Great job !!!!

Yeah sewing leather that thick is a bear !!!! I built some not that long back, beasts lol.

Again great job !!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Gary W. Graley]

Thanks buddy I know that he doesn’t have a clue about what goes into making something like this.
He told me today that it was given to his dad back when he was a kid so it’s over 60 years and I searched a little and found it is from Solingen Germany by Widder
G2

 

[Richard338]

this is the final prototype and the closest to what the final dagger sheaths will look like

That is a great fit up, assuming you didn't add sound effects to the video.
Are any of these still available?

 

[Lorien]

That is a great fit up, assuming you didn't add sound effects to the video.
Are any of these still available?

that was the final prototype. I'm just dialing in my process with production piece #1, after that I'll do a small run of them and see how that goes.
designing this sheath was very challenging, probably the toughest to wrap my head around. It took 4 prototypes to nail it

 

[Boriqua]

This was for a hunter who goes by truck, ATV and crawling around the desert and wanted something that would move with him. Big man so it was a challenge but he was happy.