Little whittler

[spandit]

Took a piece of file from the recent meet & after some filing & polishing, made a little full-tang whittler:

Don't know what the wood is & the liners are some stuff that was inside a leather case I cut up. The pins are copper brake tube. It's taught me quite a bit & makes me yearn for a belt sander as the scandi grind isn't as flat as it could be

Seems fairly sharp, though, after a lot of stropping & for the money I can't complain!

 

[Silverhill]

Lovely work mate.

 

[Kepis]

Looks like a user to me, i'll be pleased to put it through it's paces for you

 

[Kepis]

Ps, the photo is upside down

 

[brancho]

Nice little knife.

Ps, the photo is upside down

I was going to say that

 

[spandit]

Looks like a user to me, i'll be pleased to put it through it's paces for you

I'd be honoured to get your opinion. It's getting nice & shiny now due to all the stropping. I'm going to re-oil the handle but it's designed to be used

 

[spandit]

Ps, the photo is upside down

Looks fine to me... you lot are nuts...

 

[Hugo]

I think it's rubbish.

 

[spandit]

I think it's rubbish.

I hope you washed your hands before you typed that...

 

[monkey boy]

looks awsome mate, good job,
the photo looks ok to me to 

 

[Simon H]

Looking good Robin, looks a very useful shape.

 

[spandit]

I've swapped a rucksack with someone on here for some leather so hoping to make a little sheath for it. Need to work out a way to drill 1mm holes as my Dremel Copy doesn't have the right chuck and my pillar drill doesn't go that small

 

[Kepis]

Use an awl, much easier and you are not removing material, just parting it, in short order the fibres will close up around the stitching and make for a stronger and much better looking finish.

 

[spandit]

Isn't forcing an awl and then a needle through 3mm of leather a struggle? Need to get an awl, really

 

[Kepis]

nope, i push my awl through 9mm or more when i make a sheath

 

[spandit]

What specification is your awl? What do people use for marking the groove that the stitching sits in? Thought I'd try and use a dog comb to mark the stitches as haven't invested in a wheel

 

[Kepis]

My awl is similar to this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Flat-Side...UK_Crafts_Leathercraft_LE&hash=item4d0081dadd and gives me the option to use different blades as it has a screw chuck on it to accept different sizes and shapes of blade, for marking out the stiches you need a stitch groover and an over stitch wheel size 5,(5 stitches to the inch) all available quite cheaply from Le Prevo, or you could use a kitchen fork to mark the stitches out, works just as well.

 

[spandit]

Thanks, Mark. It's such a pity the Le Prevo site is so poor for online ordering but they are well priced. What blade would you recommend for that awl handle for a sheath?

 

[Kepis]

no prob, yup, it's a pity that the Le Prevo site is a bit behind the times, although saying that, ive never had a problem ordering from them, to start of with you might be better off with the book binders or the scratch awl, if you go for the blade and handle, get a 2" blade.

 

[Rockmonkey]

Nice little whittler Spandit, wish i had been at the meet to see you make the blade!
Bring it with you next month, i would love to see it!