Finally done me an F1

[Dougster]

I've wanted one of these for ages.

So I did this for me - it's been on the go for months.

I go the elm from Shinken after I saw one of his in it and I think it stunning. Got to do leather for it and maybe even kydex too.....

Beautiful figuring on both sides:

and I'm thrilled at the bookmatch scales, thank God for decent bandsaws.....

the swirls just cross backwards and forwards.

I've been rubbing danish oil into it for ages - just for the looks as it is stabilised, but I'm thrilled with the first one I've done for me in ages.

Better pics

 

[SimonM]

Very, very nice!

 

[Barn Owl]

Very nice,

looks like it'll be nice and comfy in hand.

 

[topknot]

That looks very nice.
Topknot.

 

[bikething]

Very nicely done - and a lovely bit of wood that

does the danish oil actually take if the wood is stabilised?

 

[Shewie]

Very nice Richard

It'd be a shame to clothe it in kydex though

 

[Dougster]

Very nicely done - and a lovely bit of wood that

does the danish oil actually take if the wood is stabilised?

Thanks Steve - it does, a bit. You can tell it's properly stabilised as it smells like cut acrylic when you work it. I've applied three coats and buffed it to 8000 grit micromesh since the photos....

 

[jojo]

Very nice looking knife Richard Have you used Corby bolts or brass bar for your rivets? I got some of that stabilized Elm from Shinken and it's beautiful when polished, but I can't say I like the smell or the dust though

 

[sc_barker]

Nicely done

Leather would suit it best, but kydex as an optional back up isn't a bad idea.

 

[Dougster]

Very nice looking knife Richard Have you used Corby bolts or brass bar for your rivets? I got some of that stabilized Elm from Shinken and it's beautiful when polished, but I can't say I like the smell or the dust though

The dust isn't nice - but worth it....

I always use rivets on bigger knives, just finishing a little PSK with tube and elm burr, will post pics when I finally get it done.

Thanks all for the kind words.

 

[jojo]

How about using half tanned leather? I have made a sheath with it recently and I am converted! Lovely stuff, much stiffer and thinner than veg tan, you can wet form it tightly to the knife, its much harder to cut through...very nice stuff!

 

[Dougster]

How about using half tanned leather? I have made a sheath with it recently and I am converted! Lovely stuff, much stiffer and thinner than veg tan, you can wet form it tightly to the knife, its much harder to cut through...very nice stuff!

Thanks - I will make a full leather for it, but the kydex is for ease of cleaning after a roe buck. My mate who takes me shooting here in Wilts gives me a whole buck for £35, I need to chop it up and don't always want the knife straight into leather. I'm a bit anal about stuff like that.

 

[Shankly]

That is a lovely piece of work there Dougster, I was just wondering if you used an F1 Blank or did you remove the scales from an old one you had.?
Cheers, Shankly

 

[Dougster]

That is a lovely piece of work there Dougster, I was just wondering if you used an F1 Blank or did you remove the scales from an old one you had.?
Cheers, Shankly

A blank - not going near removing thermorum......

 

[ScarletPimpernel]

That's an exceptionally good-looking knife; beautifully done.