My first (solo) knife...pic heavy

[HHazeldean]

A while back I realised I wanted a smaller, thinner knife for smaller, more fine carvings. I couldn't afford the prices to buy one and I thought it'd be a fun project so I decided to buy the blade online (£10) and make one myself. The wood is spalted beech which came from a mates wood pile and which I thought had lovely grain to it. The leather for the sheath came from a trade and the brass loop was kindly given to me by Dougster.

The handle is very chunky I know, but I really hate it when knife handles are too small for my hand so I like them nice and big. The sheath I wanted to have some contrasts in, hence the white thread on brown leather.

I say solo as I've done a Dave Budd knife course before..I also wanted the sheath of this to match my other knife that I made on that course.

Thanks for looking

 

[ozzy1977]

I like that , well done. What blade is it?

 

[HHazeldean]

I like that , well done. What blade is it?

Thanks mate..one of the little Mora carving blades, can't remember specifically which one..

 

[Clouston98]

That's really nice. What sort of tang does the blade have ?

 

[copper_head]

Nice little carver, the spalted beech looks great

 

[HHazeldean]

Thanks guys.. It has a stick tang which I cut off so it is about a half tang. I figured it doesn't need the extra strength of a full stick tang as it won't be put to any hard work.

 

[Dreadhead]

ooo that handle is a beaut! nice work all round bud

 

[Mick721]

That handle is stunning. Really like the contrast on the sheath too.

 

[Niels]

Looks both nice and functional.

 

[HHazeldean]

Thanks Hamish, means a lot coming from you

 

[HHazeldean]

Thanks guys really appreciated

 

[Macaroon]

Great-looking carver, HH, that's a lovely handle; I like the way you've used loops instead of box stitching on the sheath - very nice indeed!.......................atb mac

 

[Hugo]

I like the look of that, the wood is superb, one thing I would do if it was mine is to remove quite a lot of wood from the front end so as to make it more suited as a carver.
Forgot to mention leather work is nice as well.

 

[craeg]

Really like it and agree about having a nice thick handle for more control and leverage.

 

[HHazeldean]

Thanks for the kind words guys.. Hugo I did think about making it a more traditional, narrower carver shape, yet decided on a much fuller handle to suit my hand better. Next time I think I'm gonna have a go at making a more traditional shape and then see how the two compare!

 

[yarrow]

Nothing better than self made gear, the handle looks great I personally prefer a slightly bigger grip on a whittling knife.

 

[Dave Budd]

Nice work Harry The handle came up nicely and I particularly like the sheath. Proper job, as they say around here!

keep it up mate

 

[HHazeldean]

Thanks Dave means a lot from you