Pistachio Skinner

[Stew]

I have for sale a skinner that I have handled and it has my first home-made sheath!

The blade is 440c, has a 65mm edge and is 180mm overall.

Scales are Pistachio, pins are bamboo and the lanyard hole is unlined.

I kept the scales quite fat to fit securely in the hand.

The sheath is a dangler.

It has been wet formed and the welt at the handle end is 4 layers thick (it wasn't meant to be! ) I would be impressed if someone managed to push the knife through the bottom of this one!

( - Blurry pic!)

There are some mistakes.

Some scuff marks on the handle where I didn't mask it sufficiently.

Some marks on the sheath from drilling too deep with the pillar drill when making the holes and marked the leather with the chuck jaws.

As it's not 100% - £35 inc delivery & fees.

 

[andy_bell]

I've never used a knife to skin a Pistachio,
come to think of it I'v never skinned a Pistachio I've always considered them to be like a tortoise, just crack off the shell and munch away. Although I've never seen Tortoise flavour Ice cream, hmmm getting rather confused now.........

On a serious note, does that handle really function? I'm not knocking your workmanship or design it just looks a little arkward to me.

 

[Toddy]

Hmmm, nice one Stew
I like skinners, useful knives for a multitude of tasks.
Pistachio is supposed to be like olive wood and be both hard and long lasting and not guilty of splinters; how did you find it to work?
cheers,
Toddy

 

[Stew]

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On a serious note, does that handle really function? I'm not knocking your workmanship or design it just looks a little arkward to me.

It actually works quite well. The scales fill the palm nicely, with your index finger sat in the front notch. It's a very secure grip.

Hhhm, Pistachio ice-cream.......

 

[Stew]

Hmmm, nice one Stew
I like skinners, useful knives for a multitude of tasks.
Pistachio is supposed to be like olive wood and be both hard and long lasting and not guilty of splinters; how did you find it to work?
cheers,
Toddy

It's quite nice to work with. Not too hard like boxwood, but hard enough. It's not as oily as Olive wood, nor as fragrant (what is?).

It's a 'middle' wood of hardwoods, in my opinion.

 

[Stew]

Price drop to £25.....

 

[Stew]

This is now sold.