KITH

[woodsman1031]

Recieved both of my knives, the bigger one is from Okie1 and the neck knife is from someone in Pennsylvana Thats all I could read of the return address the box was a little chewed up. My thanks to both of you I like
them a lot

I have one knife done and the second about half way and need to make sheaths also, please have patience
I'm getting there.

Ryano is from Pennsylvania

[Hillbilly]

Don't think Ryan's on the list. HFD60 is from PA.

[D. Tiller]

Just about have the first NW knife finnished. Soon it will be in someones happy little hands! Then to haft the other one. I'm learning alot on how to haft these obsidian knifes! 

[DanaM]

Don't think Ryan's on the list. HFD60 is from PA.

Thats probably him then Steve

[mullet]

  Richard Bistline, Harrisburg, Pa. Geeez, all ya'll had to do was ask. I have the "Book".

[DanaM]

Thanks eddie, dats him 

Now them my thanks Richard for the nice knife

[woodsman1031]

Hello,

  I now have my sheaths cut out moistened, folded and laying in place. I have 12.5lbs laying on each sheath! The leather I bought from Jantz is about 1/4" thick. It is good stuff,but way thicker than I had planned on. I Just need to drill holes stitch and They will be completed . I am not dying these sheaths. I had planned on leaving them natural, and I bought some neatsfoot oil to soften them up for the new owners. I have really enjoyed doing this, I hope we can do another really soon.


Tommy

[HFD60]

DanaM, glad you liked it. I was a little worried since it was only my 3rd attempt at making a knife.

[DanaM]

DanaM, glad you liked it. I was a little worried since it was only my 3rd attempt at making a knife.

Not to worry, its really nice and I will probably copy it It will be hanging from neck this hunting season
And Okie's will be at my belt

[woodsman1031]

I shipped out the 2 knives today. One is going to Mullet and the other to Dtiller. They are both neck knives.

 I finally got over my sheath making mental block. I just had to jump in there and do it. The leather I ordered was so thick that It was very very hard to work. I think it was the thickest that Jantz had. I now know to get a thinner leather next time. The sheaths are not works of art, but they are good sheaths that will protect the knife as well as the user. I hope the knives will be used this hunting season.

I hope yall like them.

Tommy

[madcrow]

The majority of my leather is from 1/8" to 1/4" thinck.  When I use it to make neck sheaths, I lay it over a broom handle with the flesh side up and just use a razor blade like a draw knife and slice some of the leather off where it is going to fold.  You can also use wood carving gouges and gouge out a few strips and fold it over.  I originally started doing that to thin some down for the welt and skive the edges that contact the welt, otherwise I would have 3/4" of leather to sew through.

[woodsman1031]

Madcrow,
Thats a great idea! I will do that next time. It actually didnt take that long to make the sheaths. Do you have a self made tool you use for the edging? Like the area where the stitches would go. I have seen a few tools in the Harbor Freight catalog, but I would like to make some leather working tools if I could.

I feel like a kid at Christmas waiting on my knives.


Tommy

[madcrow]

Follow this link.

http://beknivessite2.homestead.com/leathergouges.html

In a pinch, you can press down a strip for the stitches by wetting the leather and waiting a few minutes til the leather starts to look dry on top and roll a quarter or nickel down the length of the welt.  If you push and try and keep it evenly spaced fromt he edge, it looks great.  You can use the info on the link and make an edger for give the edge a rolled down look.

[woodsman1031]

Thanks madcrow!

[DanaM]

Hope to have pictures up tommow of my entries and then off to the Post Office