second knife

[heath]

Thought I'd have a go ata scandi this time. Made a lot of mistakes but I'm quite pleased with the result.
Thanks to BanjoBill for donating some of the materials.

 

[Jedadiah]

That's REAL nice Heath, real purdy! Well in mate, your perseverance has paid dividends, Top Marks!

 

[brancho]

Nice job
A very nice work I cant see the mistake I like the scandi style thats a nice shape and selection of materials
Now for a scandi sheath?

 

[Dougster]

Great effort mate. Very well done.

 

[Dougster]

Nice job
A very nice work. I cant see the mistake! I like the scandi style, thats a nice shape and selection of materials.
Now for a scandi sheath?

Sorry to be rude, but that makes a lot more sense now.

 

[Zammo]

This is really nice. What sort of tools do you need to make these type of knives?

 

[heath]

This is really nice. What sort of tools do you need to make these type of knives?

I used a dremmel tool for drilling and rough shaping, a hacksaw, files, a ball pein hammer, a vice and sandpaper. a drill press would have been nice and I was fortunate to have a set of small files (about £12 from B&Q) one of which was conveniently the exact thickness of the tang. Very handy. Other than that I used a couple of tools I made myself: a clamp for gluing and a block of wood with a hole in it for hammering the pieces on to the tang evenly.

 

[Paganwolf]

thats perdy damn beautiful mate, well done!

 

[forginhill]

Oooh! That one came out nice! Great job! And only your second! Glad knifemaking found you.

Todd

 

[SOAR]

Really nice work there fella the handle looks amazing with the metal between the leather.

 

[heath]

Thanks people, your comments are very encouraging.
A sheath will be the next project, just need to get hold of some suitable leather. I've been thinking of ordering some stuff from leprevo but I don't really know what I'm looking for. Any advice?

 

[brancho]

Most people use 3mm Veg tanned leather which is available for Le Prevo. I have use this and liked it but for a Scandi style sheath I have worked with 2mm half tanned leather and had goo results.
I depends on what style of sheath you want.