A quick Neck Knife

[John Fenna]

It is a long time since I made a knife but while I was reading Prebble's book "Glencoe" I decided to make a little neck knife with a flavour of a Sgian Dhub...
I had a couple of old Stainless Steel carving knives in the "recycle-able steel" draw in the workshop (it used to be a garage...) and a bit of nice burr wood of some sort and lots of leather scraps and this is the result of about a day's worth of effort.
Steel - 2mm SS of some sort with a full flat grind and secondary bevel, tapered to the spear point. Thumb grip gimping. "Satin" finish Concealed tang.
Blade - 9.2cm long 2.5cm wide at the base
Wood - burr of some sort (to pretty to do much to! ) with an adapted "Henry rabbet (or " "rebate" in English)" for the tang 5min epoxy.
Handle - 10.5cm long 3.3cm wide at its widest 1.5cm thick at it's thickest
Leather - wet formed 3.5mm veg tan sewn with artificial sinew.
The glue line is a bit too visible for my taste really but looks worse in the photos than in real life!
The slab handle is more comfortable than you would think and the blade cuts well and holds it's edge but judging by how hard it was to sharpen may prove a bit "chippy"...
I am quite pleased with the knife for the first attempt after not making a knife at all for several years.

On of my first knives was a more trad Sgian Dhub using a bought in Damascus blade and Ebony

 

[Broch]

I like that; simple but effective.
Knives can be too complicated these days.
I've never made a Neck Knife of any kind; I think I'll have a go

 

[Ooops]

On of my first knives was a more trad Sgian Dhub using a bought in Damascus blade and Ebony

+1 on simple and effective but ........ your original with the Ebony handle is absolutely awesome. Very nice indeed

 

[Muddypaws]

That's great! Really captures the spirit of a sgian dubh, and looks to be a handy size too.

 

[John Fenna]

Thank you for all the kind words!

 

[Jackroadkill]

I love a sgian dubh; may have to make one myself.

 

[Dreadhead]

i'm rather partial to a sgian dubh, nice work John!

 

[Janne]

I can sense the origins of that knife, with a flint blade.
Nice work!

 

[John Fenna]

I think I know what you mean ..
Obsidian (from a blade I got in trade)Hazel , rawhide and pine resin glue in a "hair on) hide sheath and a Flint bladed (knapped by me ) Hazel rawhide and resin glue model without a sheath yet..

.

 

[Rabid]

John that knife looks really interesting.

 

[John Fenna]

And a "20 minute 1 knife spoon" carved with the neck knife (I literally had 20 mins before my wife came home and found me carving in the house ... it was cold in the workshop...)
Not the best spoon knife ever - not enough sweep to the edge - but the result is usable - even if there are random cuts to the bottom of the bowl where the tip of the blade caught...
The knife cuts very well but I will team it with a spoon knife in future
The photos make it look better than it actually is! But "The camera never lies"

 

[Mesquite]

A nice little knife John.

I really like the colour of the handle material, nice warm look to it

 

[snappingturtle]

Neat little necker!, like the wood, nice grain, and the one in ebony is very appealing.

 

[John Fenna]

I was wondering if you can call it a Sgian Dubh if you can't stick it in your sock....
So

And with the spoon finished off...

 

[MartiniDave]

Very nice John. Might have to try something similar myself.

 

[Tony]

looking good John, nice little spoon as well How long did it take you? I've not made a knife for a long time, maybe this year!

 

[John Fenna]

All told - and spread over a couple of sessions - I guess the knife took me about 8 hours ... the rough spoon took 20 mins and about the same to finish it off to a fair level of good looks using spoon knives and abrasives. The embossed slip sheath took about an hour (or a bit less) in working time

 

[Broch]

So, knife in one sock, spoon in the other - you're ready to go

 

[MartiniDave]

Would they be pink socks by any chance?

 

[John Fenna]

Swine!