First Scandi

[leon-1]

Well recently I thought about making a scandi, now I have never made one before so I wasn't really sure about how to go about it. I nevertheless blindly stumbled on and today (after a couple of days) I finished it.

I think that I may have bit off a bit more than I could chew so here is a picture of it before final sealing and polishing.

The wood is Afzelia Burl, the dark bits are Buffalo horn and the metal work is Nickel silver with a Lauri PT blade, there are a number of pictures of it in the making as well as how I made the knife vice (very simple to make).

I'll post some more pictures when it is finished with a reasonable sheath and any others that people wish to see

 

[Moonraker]

yum yum very nifty work Leon, well done. More photos would be great.

 

[leon-1]

Thanks Simon, I am currently wetforming the sheath for it.

This one was a bit of a toy to see if I could make one in a couple of days, but I have still got to seal the knife handle properly and that will take a little while

 

[mojofilter]

Very nice indeed Leon!

I started on my first one about 3 weeks ago, got the handle roughed out and then couldnt resist (ab)using it Yours has encouraged me to finish shaping and sealing the handle!

 

[leon-1]

That's nice mate, what's the wood and what have you used in between the red spacers??

 

[falcon]

Nice jobs Leon-1 and Mojo. Look forward to more pics and info on the Knife Vice.

 

[rapidboy]

Nice work guy's.
I must get my **** in gear and get mine finished.
I got a lovely forged blade from Tacol over on British Blades and it's been on the bench for months now.
Soo little time

 

[Paganwolf]

Nice work guys! they are superb, i love that buffalo horn leon nice work mate

 

[JakeR]

Lovely work guys. Mojo, that one looks like a real user! Leon, was the buffalo horn difficult to work with? Very well crafted mate.

I will eventually make the knife that (as Dave Barker puts it) i have been "threatening" to make for a while!

 

[leon-1]

The buffalo horn was quite easy to work with in the end, but it has a strange smell when you are working it, I took it down do to 2500 grit wet and dry before buffing with a cloth with abramax grey which is why it is nice and shiny

 

[Rod]

Looks really sweet Leon.

Neil was telling about the Lauri PT blades for my 2 projects - will post pics of mine when they are underway.

Would be interested to see your knife vice when you get some pics.

 

[leon-1]

Give me a few minutes and I'll get some up of the vice