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Two Recent Sheaths
The first is for a kitchen knife for my Mom's birthday. I designed it as a counter-top sheath and figured she could also safely transport it to their cottage if she wants. She just received it yesterday and loves it. I didn't stamp her initials very straight... still a novice at aligning those and am working with a very low-end lettering set.
Mom Knife 1 50 2k by ghostcreekmine, on Flickr Mom Knife 2 2k by ghostcreekmine, on Flickr Mom Knife 3 50 2k by ghostcreekmine, on Flickr I finished this one today for a skinner. Skinner Sheath 1 1600 by ghostcreekmine, on Flickr Skinner Sheath 2 1600 by ghostcreekmine, on Flickr Skinner Sheath 3 1600 by ghostcreekmine, on Flickr __________________ Stay away from fast women and slow horses |
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.... yikes, I posted the images at 1600 wide. If those are too large please let me know and I will resize them.
__________________ Stay away from fast women and slow horses |
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Nice work RH !!!
__________________ R.Watson B.C. Canada |
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Very nice work! I like the knives as well as the sheaths!
__________________ C Craft Customs With every custom knife I build I try to accomplish three things. I want that knife to look so good you just have to pick it up, feel so good in your hand you can't wait to try it, and once you use it, you never want to put it down ! If I capture those three factors in each knife I build, I am assured the knife will become a piece that is used and treasured by its owner! C Craft |
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Cool, they look great! I like the recessed stitching in white cord. Good solid pieces. Great work.
Alex __________________ AT "We shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow, And watch where the chalk-white arrows go To the place where the sidewalk ends." Shel Silverstein Last edited by ATalley; 06-13-2014 at 08:35 AM. |
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Nice!
__________________ God bless Texas! Now let's secede!! |
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Thank you! This forum has helped me quite a bit.
I'm getting the hang of saddle stitching.... Chuck's vids have helped me a lot along the way with all aspects of sheath making. Also some of Ian Atkinson's youtube tutorials. I still have much to learn. __________________ Stay away from fast women and slow horses |
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Quote:
All those who are just starting out and looking for guidance should do a few searches on here. There is a lot of quality training that is either free or very reasonably priced that can help you grow stronger in your craft. __________________ God bless Texas! Now let's secede!! |
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Nicely done! You have really come a long way and your attention to detail shows.
How's the digging shaping up? __________________ Carl Rechsteiner, Bladesmith Georgia Custom Knifemakers Guild, Charter Member Knifemakers Guild, voting member Registered Master Artist - GA Council for the Arts C Rex Custom Knives Blade Show Table 6-H |
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Thanks Carl! We've had an unusually heavy snow year (as well as the rest of the country).
I won't be able to access until about mid-June which will make for a fairly short mining season this year. I'm not complaining because the mtn aquifer at the mine can use the water and my primary business is.... busy! __________________ Stay away from fast women and slow horses |
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I usually say you can't have too much water, but my bro-n-law will argue otherwise (lives in Pensacola, FL)
Was studying your pics a little more, are you covering the backsets on you snaps and rivets that are exposed to the blade/knife inside the sheath? They can really scratch up a blade in short order. __________________ Carl Rechsteiner, Bladesmith Georgia Custom Knifemakers Guild, Charter Member Knifemakers Guild, voting member Registered Master Artist - GA Council for the Arts C Rex Custom Knives Blade Show Table 6-H |
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Snaps - I recess the back piece of the male end of the snap into the leather as per Ian Atkinson's tutorials. Absolutely no chance of contact with the knife. He uses a French Skive for this but I have a good trick with the rotary tool which accomplishes the same result.
Rivets - My rivets penetrate two layers of leather... the back of the sheath and the strap itself. After setting, the back of the rivets are sandwiched and buried between the leather pieces which follow..... at least one layer of leather away from the knife. The backs are essentaily buried and no chance of them even seeing daylight again let alone coming into contact with anything. No chance of contact, not possible. __________________ Stay away from fast women and slow horses Last edited by rockhound; 05-17-2014 at 06:15 AM. |
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Good deal, had to ask.
__________________ Carl Rechsteiner, Bladesmith Georgia Custom Knifemakers Guild, Charter Member Knifemakers Guild, voting member Registered Master Artist - GA Council for the Arts C Rex Custom Knives Blade Show Table 6-H |
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I appreciate the question Carl!
Any questions comments or criticisms are well received. I'd like to know that all of my bases are covered and it's the primary reason for posting my work. Here's a wet-formed sheath I'm currently working on to show an example of what I meant by recessing the back piece of the male snap. __________________ Stay away from fast women and slow horses |
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I'll go ahead and add this one I finished today.... it's for a small taxidermy scalpel.
This was a simple wet-form sheath. My only regrets.... I believe the thread I used was a few strands too thick for my stitch groove. Not terribly noticeable but it bugs me, the groove bulged a little in places. Taxidermy scalpel and sheath 1600 by ghostcreekmine, on Flickr Taxidermy sheath back 1600 by ghostcreekmine, on Flickr __________________ Stay away from fast women and slow horses |
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