It's been awhile so heres a couple of new ones.Hope you like. Dave:)


Friction folder

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e359/DCK954/KNIVES/frflace11.jpg

Small utility
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e359/DCK954/KNIVES/turq111.jpg

Dave, my friend, you nailed these two! Simple elegance! ---Sandy---

Great to see some new goodies Dave. Really nice use of accents on the FB pouch :)

Still making those great looking little friction knives -- mine still sits right here at my work table :D

Mike

The colors on these two are great. They both compliment the knives very well. I would love to see the back of the small utility sheath.

Dave -- here it is, never far away :D
Mike

http://www.fototime.com/{A2420CA9-3B61-477E-97BF-B9C4170F7BAF}/picture.JPG

I love mine, too, Dave! ---Sandy---

Nice work on those sheaths, Dave and I assume from the previous posts that you made Mike's friction folder. I really like that one.I may have to try to trade Mike out of it, or get you to make me a duplicate.

Paul

Dave,

Very nice braiding on the first sheath. I like the contrast in color.

Joe

Awesome, really cool

Thanks everyone for the nice comments.Harry I'm sorry but missed the back shot. Nothing fancy though , just attached the belt loop to the collar.Dave:)

Mike and Sandy , I am glad you still enjoy them. Paul you might have to work to get that one from Mike but I am glad you like these too. Let me know if you want one.

Dave, as you gave me a couple of years of enjoyment with this little beauty, I've passed it on to Paul.
Enjoy amigo :D

Mike

Dave, a while ago I lucked into a deal for two full racks of leather tools, plus some extra 'stuff'. Included in the extras are a bunch of different lacing needles and a couple of roles of leather lace similar to the lace you used here. Qusetion: do you use these specail needles ? I've never tried it, looks very time consuming (as you said). Is there a specific pattern for that lacing?

Mike

Mike, my dear friend. It makes me happy that you gave Paul that knife.I am glad you enjoyed it and hope Paul will too. I love the spirit of giving, you guys are great.:101


Mike, on the lacing. Yes, I do use the special needles and they are really needed. that pattern is a Mexican basket weave or round braid. I got the pattern from a booklet that Tandy has called" How to Lace". Good little booklet and has 15 different patterns. The patterns are pretty easy to follow. As we discussed with Sandy and Chuck before time is the major problem with doing lacing. Its great if your not scrambling to get orders out. I still like doing it when I can because I think it looks good and because I am not a full timer.Give it a shot, I think you will like it. Dave:D

Dave, you mean, I can go to a book and look it up ?? Doh, what a concept !! (note to self: look it up first dummy, then ask if you can't find it !)
I may even have something like that in the stuff I picked up. If not I'm sure my local Tandy guy can find it for me. (or maybe not - he's 2 months back ordered on some dye I special ordered grrrrrr)
My pleasure to pass it on to Paul -- turquoise is good luck you know :D

Mike

Well the little turquoise friction folder has already been pictured on this thread so I'll not repeat it, but it came in the mail yesterday from my good friend Mike and I couldn't be more pleased with anything. My sincere thanks to Mike for giving it to me and also to Dave for making it in the first place. I, of course, took it to coffee this morning and it got passed around the table about 50 times. The concept is simple enough, BUT I still can't get over the way the friction works or where it works, but it DOES work. Again thanks to my two good friends for making this little gift knife possible.

Paul

Paul, I'm sure I speak for Dave also -- it was our pleasure :D

I think Dave has done a lot to re-popularize this style; every time he's posted a new one it has drawn very positive comments. In an age of thumbstuds and flippers, and new mechanical locks every 6 months, it's refreshing to see that the old style knives can still excite the imagination,

Mike

Mike , you sure do speak for me, as it was my pleasure to make it. Paul, I am glad you like it. They are quite addictive to play with and like Mike said , very sheeple friendly.
The friction comes from the tightness of the pivot pin. I modernized them up a bit by putting a bronze bushing in the blade pivot a few thousands thicker than the blade before peening the pivot pin.

I don't know how much I have done to re-popularize them but I have had good feedback and continue to sell quite a few. When I first started making knives many ,many moons ago I did a couple and they didn't sell so I stopped making them for years. One day I ran across a couple of blades I had made years before but had misplaced, finished them and they sold. So I started making them again. They are a little more fancy than the traditional Mountain Man folder but I think that helps them sell better. The action remains the same and I don't need a CNC mill to make them.Dave

Here is the pic of the one posted out of the sheath

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e359/DCK954/KNIVES/frfllace21.jpg