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Title: here's my latest knife and sheath
Post by: Bodork on January 07, 2010, 10:12:00 PM

I made this litle knife from 1080 bar stock. The cutting edge is 2-3/4" and O.A.L. is 6-1/4". I heated and hammered the fingerguard to give the blade a forged look. Buckeye burl bolsters and gaboon ebony scales. Red glass  liners. Home made mosaic pins and a little file work to top it off. Used one of my new stamps on the sheath and added a rivet. Hope you like it, Mike
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Title: Re: here's my latest knife and sheath
Post by: prarieboy on January 07, 2010, 11:02:00 PM

Way to go Mike!

Title: Re: here's my latest knife and sheath
Post by: Ragnarok Forge on January 08, 2010, 12:12:00 AM

Nice Work,  I like the dark handle with the shine on the blade.  They work together.

Title: Re: here's my latest knife and sheath
Post by: Kevin Evans on January 08, 2010, 12:27:00 AM

:thumbsup:

Title: Re: here's my latest knife and sheath
Post by: bretto on January 08, 2010, 12:50:00 AM

Those Mosaic pins are something!! Care to share how they were made?

bretto

Title: Re: here's my latest knife and sheath
Post by: loyd on January 08, 2010, 06:50:00 AM

nice file work, everything comes together real nice. loyd

Title: Re: here's my latest knife and sheath
Post by: DANA HOLMAN on January 08, 2010, 08:18:00 AM

Nice knife, sheath and file work are nice as well
dana

Title: Re: here's my latest knife and sheath
Post by: Bodork on January 08, 2010, 09:46:00 AM

Thanks all. Bretto, basically they are just different sizes of hollow brass tubing, round and square and stripped copper wire filled with black epoxy. I got the tubing from hobby lobby and hobby time. Found some pieces that fit inside each other and epoxied them together. There is a tutorial on   northcoastknives that explains it better. The hardest part is finding different combinations of tubing and wire that fit snug within each other. Mike

Title: Re: here's my latest knife and sheath
Post by: thunder1 on January 08, 2010, 10:00:00 AM

:clapper:  That's a good looking knife