New woods knife

[dkabat579]

I've made a couple of knives before but none of them had really turned out that well. I wanted something I could carry around with me in the woods for carving on hikes. The blade is a 95mm Polar set in curly birch with a brass bolster and the sheath has a pine liner I carved out of some old furniture timber. I didn't have a ring the belt loop so I just did a kind of hybrid dangler/loop deal, it sits pretty well and doesn't get in the way or bounce too much. The leather is treated with a number of coats of Snoseal melted in with a hair dryer.

And a blurry one of it on my belt (photographing your own crotch in a mirror is surprisingly difficult).

 

[kalervo69]

Well done. This I like very much.

 

[andybysea]

Very nice, like the sheath design, much better than mine turned out.

 

[redneck]

Perfect, very scandinavian influence there...very nice

 

[dwardo]

That looks like a right user. Very nice.

 

[gsfgaz]

Very nice bud ....

 

[pwb]

Good job , like the look of that .

 

[Celt_Ginger]

Very Nice. I really like that style of knife.

 

[milius2]

great job, well done!

 

[addo]

Nice job. Stitching looks nice and tidy.

 

[dkabat579]

I did some more waxing to try and improve the color of the leather:

The one on the bottom is an untreated sheath I made for my Frosts 106 a while back (it didn't turn out so well). Both come from the same shoulder and are the same thickness. Some leather, like the thinner material used for the belt loop, will really darken up with wax alone; the thicker 7oz leather of the sheath looks more aged than anything else. I'm okay with it and the look is growing on me, but I had hoped for a much deeper brown. I guess I'll just have experiment with leather dye next time. In any case, thanks for the replies.

 

[bikebum1975]

Nice stuff bud thanks for sharing love the handle on your knife

 

[TinkyPete]

Great looking knife and sheath.

 

[Tjurved]

Just my kind of knife! Great work.

 

[FreddyFish]

Really nice, I much prefer this style of knife without the metal and rivets in your hand, just smooth carved wood.