Here is a project I have been working on for some time now.
Both knives are made of 01 tool steel. The handles are stabilised Burr Elm with black liners and brass fittings.
The smaller knife is a Nessmuk with a 3mm thick, 4 1/2" blade.
The larger "chopper" is 5 mm thick. The blade is 8" long, with a 5" handle. A lot of the weight is at the pointy end. The straight part of the blade is a scandi grind and the rounded part is a convex grind.
Both blades are etched with ferric acid.
The sheaths were the most troublesome to design and make. The blades are quite dissimilar in shapes and size, and making sheaths that worked as a pair but also individually, both practically and esthetically, was quite a challenge. That was really jumping in at the deep end!
The whole thing can be carry on a leather sling, on the back, under arm, on the front of the body. It can also be carried on the belt and has a double dangler loop. Both sheath/knives can also be carried individually when wanted. The pouch on the front of the Nessie sheath is to carry a DC4 sharpening stone.
I am very pleased with the result, although I am not sure I would want to make another set like that just yet! I have learned a lot from making these. One of the learned things is that I prefer to work on smaller projects!
I hope you enjoy looking at it!
Both knives are made of 01 tool steel. The handles are stabilised Burr Elm with black liners and brass fittings.
The smaller knife is a Nessmuk with a 3mm thick, 4 1/2" blade.
The larger "chopper" is 5 mm thick. The blade is 8" long, with a 5" handle. A lot of the weight is at the pointy end. The straight part of the blade is a scandi grind and the rounded part is a convex grind.
Both blades are etched with ferric acid.
The sheaths were the most troublesome to design and make. The blades are quite dissimilar in shapes and size, and making sheaths that worked as a pair but also individually, both practically and esthetically, was quite a challenge. That was really jumping in at the deep end!
The whole thing can be carry on a leather sling, on the back, under arm, on the front of the body. It can also be carried on the belt and has a double dangler loop. Both sheath/knives can also be carried individually when wanted. The pouch on the front of the Nessie sheath is to carry a DC4 sharpening stone.
I am very pleased with the result, although I am not sure I would want to make another set like that just yet! I have learned a lot from making these. One of the learned things is that I prefer to work on smaller projects!
I hope you enjoy looking at it!