Your newest addition:traditionals of course!

Thank you. I saw your buffalo one right after I ordered, and almost had buyers remorse. Glad I went with ebony though. May have to order a buffalo Ettrick next :)
 
After a surprising string of defective Trappers, I finally wised up and chose a used one I could see and ask questions about, and this is where I landed: a Case 54 Trapper in amber jigged bone, with a little belt sheath.

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btb01 said:
I really like the dimpled texture of the bone on that Klaas, GT! Good looking knife. They could call it "golf ball jigged bone." :D
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not wanting to blow my trumpet too loud but I coined the term golf ball bone on RR knives yonks ago. .:p .I like it
 
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A trio of tasty toothpicks.
Actually the S&M is the latest. I bought it advertised as fossil mammoth tooth-yeah it isn't fossil. The box has ivory written on it.
Now I'm really confused-are teeth made of ivory or just the tusks?
who cares its gorgeous in a mouldy blue cheese kind of way:D.
Cheers.
 
Meako I normally ignore the toothpicks , but these looks so goooood. I especially like the primitive bone GEC, some of the best looking primitive bone that I have seen.
 
Crazy Canuck said:
Thank you. I saw your buffalo one right after I ordered, and almost had buyers remorse. Glad I went with ebony though. May have to order a buffalo Ettrick next :)
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Hey, Mike. I ordered an ebony earlier today and just noticed your post. Looks great!
 
Yeah I love toothpicks.I think because even among other trad knives they look okd school.:)
 
Wurrwulf said:
Just received this gorgeous Queen-made Schatt and Morgan Physician's Knife from user travisatwood! It is perfect! Number 875 of 1609 produced for the NKCA as the 2000 Club Knife. The wood handles are deep and rich. I need to get a pic of them in the sunlight.

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Looks like it could be used as a pipe knife.
 
I finished this knife from a Rough Rider kit a few days ago, and the leather sheath last night. I had visions of this being a pocket slip with a clip, so I could carry it just like I would a knife with a pocket clip on it, but it ended up being entirely too big and is basically a full sized belt holster. This was my first ever leather project and I just used some old stuff my dad had laying around. I'm going to get some thinner leather and a much smaller clip and try again.

In the meantime I'll just carry it on my belt. Lots of people do it, there must be something to it, right? Usually I hate having things on my belt, but I'm in the mood to try new things.

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Nice work! :thumbup: How did you stitch the leather, if I may ask? I've got a similar idea in mind for a smaller folder and once I source the clip I am going to try using some of my thinner black leather to make it happen.

Ironically enough, the slip that comes with the Rough Rider Dog Bone Jack has served in exactly this fashion: I regularly have a Coyote or Beagle in it, clipped to a pocket. Less of a chance of the knife sliding out when I've got other scrapey things in there.
 
meako, big Case toothpicks were standard carry for years here in the Deep South, before carrying a gun was legal for most of us.
 
TsarBomba said:
Nice work! :thumbup: How did you stitch the leather, if I may ask? I've got a similar idea in mind for a smaller folder and once I source the clip I am going to try using some of my thinner black leather to make it happen.

Ironically enough, the slip that comes with the Rough Rider Dog Bone Jack has served in exactly this fashion: I regularly have a Coyote or Beagle in it, clipped to a pocket. Less of a chance of the knife sliding out when I've got other scrapey things in there.
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I glued the pieces first, only putting glue where the stitches will go. This isn't really necessary to the finished product but it holds everything together while you work and makes it 10x easier. Then I punched the holes with a trident-shaped punch, again a shortcut that saved me tons of time and frustration instead of trying to use an awl for every single hole. Then, I used a "saddle stitch". Get a piece of thread 6-7 times as long as the run of stitches and put a needle on each end. You'll be sending both needles through the same holes in opposite directions. Start by going through the 3rd hole, even out the thread on each side then start stitching towards the short end. Then, go back over it so the short little bit on the end gets double stitched and continue on down the line. One you reach the other end, go backwards again, double stitching just like you did when you started. Go back 3 on one and 4 on the other so the ends are on the same side, then tie it off. I used a normal double knot and a drop of glue.

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Also, make it a bit tighter than you think you should. The leather will stretch and hold your knife nice and snug. Mine will hold the knife in place upside down and even with light shaking. A moderate shake will make it slide out a little at a time and a heavy shake will of course shoot it out. I feel like this is the perfect amount of tension. Make sure to leave enough room to get your fingers in there and grab the knife. Leave a little bit of knife sticking out and/or don't stitch it quite all the way to the top.

For mine, the amount of knife sticking out plus the un-stitched portion at the top adds up to almost exactly one inch. I'd call that the bare minimum to comfortably grab the knife and pull it out. On my next one I'll give myself an extra half inch or so of finger room. For reference on the tightness, my knife is 1.2 inches from the backspring to the spine of the blade while closed at it's widest point and the holster is 2.35" between the rows of stitches. That leaves you making your pouch just a hair under twice as wide as the knife to go in it, (x1.96 to be exact). Also keep in mind that the thickness of the knife will affect this too. My knife is almost exactly the same thickness as my standard trapper (also made from a RR kit).
 
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