At last I have finished my new knife, firesteel and sheath. It has taken me long enough! 
The blade was from Stewart Mitchels no 2 run (no 43) finished with Australian silky oak scales and aluminium pins and lanyard tube (I wanted to echo the silver blade so didnt use brass as usual.), It is finished in Danish oil, initially a 50:50 white spirit mix soak over night then a couple of neat coats then polished to a shine. The firesteel also has a matching handle silky oak and is shaped so it clicks home in the sheath to prevent loss.
The sheath is my first proper go with wet forming veg tan leather and I was surprised how easy it was to form. It was dyed in stages with saddle tan and dark tan to give a mottled effect (aiming to echo the silky oak). I'm very pleased with the effect after a weeks worth of a layer a night work! It is also my first go at a double dangler so I will have to see how that goes in use, I can always cut it off if I don't get on with it I guess
anyways enough rambleing - piccies, thats what you want!
The blade was from Stewart Mitchels no 2 run (no 43) finished with Australian silky oak scales and aluminium pins and lanyard tube (I wanted to echo the silver blade so didnt use brass as usual.), It is finished in Danish oil, initially a 50:50 white spirit mix soak over night then a couple of neat coats then polished to a shine. The firesteel also has a matching handle silky oak and is shaped so it clicks home in the sheath to prevent loss.
The sheath is my first proper go with wet forming veg tan leather and I was surprised how easy it was to form. It was dyed in stages with saddle tan and dark tan to give a mottled effect (aiming to echo the silky oak). I'm very pleased with the effect after a weeks worth of a layer a night work! It is also my first go at a double dangler so I will have to see how that goes in use, I can always cut it off if I don't get on with it I guess
anyways enough rambleing - piccies, thats what you want!
