Looking forward to seeing how it turns out.
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Looking forward to seeing how it turns out.
neck knife has scale handle now. it is still awaiting pins, a final finish and polishing.
http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/IMG_0030.jpg
Looks great!
I like it. It's sort of a modified Ulu. Yep, that's pretty cool.
Nice! Looks like a handy little bugger.
To bad its a left handed knife or I'd have you send it to me.
Well, okay then. Right handed it is.
is that like a left handed metric screwdriver?
working on a wooden sheath for the skinner:
http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/IMG_0043.jpg
and a handle for this blade. it's actually almost finished now; the picture is from earlier:
http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/IMG_0042.jpg
Saweeeeeeeeeet!
the pieces for the walls of the sheath where drawn out by tracing the blade onto the wood with a few MM of a lip around it. the spacers where made by tracing the side of the blade exactly, and sanding down to the inside of the curve, then danding it down to a more or less even width of a few mm.
the second wall of the sheath is gluing up now:
http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/IMG_0044.jpg
http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/IMG_0046.jpg
http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/IMG_0047.jpg
the edges will be sanded to a nice curve or chamfer , and the walls themselves probably to a slight taper as well, to give it a nicer form.
i'm going to round off the tops of the handle scales, and then add a tab with a matching concave curve at the top of the sheath for them to fit into.
i'm trying to decide if i want to do this with antler or another material. i might try to find some dark horn. they have to be something slightly elastic so they will hold the the blade in with a little pressure. i'll see what i can come up with for that.
i have not yet decided how to want to attach a lanyard for neck wear.
lest i forget: the handle and sheath are cherry.
Looks great Canid! A thought for the wooden sheath. Formby's rotten wood stabilizer. Obviously your wood isn't rotten but, a dip in the above will make it stone hard I love the stuff. A little pricy though, it would go a long way with moisture protection. I use it on old boat transoms.
i'll give it a try if i get the chance. i'll probably be using polyurethane, inside and out, since it's what i'm using on the handle.
Very nice. Looking forward to the completed sheath!!
I want to see that sheath also. Great idea BTW!
update on the sheath:
http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/IMG_0048.jpg
http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/IMG_0050.jpg
i proceeded to fine sand and carefully finish it, only to drop it into a pile of sawdust and steel shavings while the finish was still tacky.
next i get to wait for that to cure and then redo it. i guess it's not the worst thing in the world, but dang it it feels like it when it happens. oh well, i needed to re-finish the handle anyway.
Very nice. I like it.
here's a projection to illustrate:
http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/t...projection.jpg
with the black in polished horn, like this if i can get ahold of some:
http://www.cmsfrench.com/images/PK7.JPG
[second image stolen from elsewhere on the net]
Cool little sheath candid. Are you going to use dog tag chains and drill a hole in the bottom. Also how will the knife be held in? I ask cause I really like the idea and may try it whenever I make a small neck knife myself. Thanks.