Sheath Commission
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Stunning work! Dare I ask how long it took you to do? I can't believe you've only been doing this for a couple months!!!
It is mine - all mine! 
It was made to fit a knife I made from a shortened and re-profiled Cold Steel SRK in Carbon 5, with a home made Oak handle - I will post photos when I get back from my holiday on the Hadrians Wall walk!
It was made to fit a knife I made from a shortened and re-profiled Cold Steel SRK in Carbon 5, with a home made Oak handle - I will post photos when I get back from my holiday on the Hadrians Wall walk!
That's amazing work, Lindsey. Working out and marking the design must have taken you ages to do! :notworthy :notworthy
Sorry for all the questions, once you are happy with your design do you use tracing paper or just free hand it? You don't have to give any secrets away if you don't want to, but I've been tempted to have a bash at this since seeing your first work...just need to file down my soldering iron and find some spare time on top of everything else. Looks great, keep up the good work! And thanks for inspiring me to have a go!
I should probably do a tutorial at some point.
Basically I traced the sheath onto graph paper, and then replicated this several times over. I then sketch out designs onto the paper, some of the knotwork I admit to cheating and tracing out from a book, but most of it I incoorperated into my own designs, for instance the tail on the bird at the tip was the edge of a pattern design but I transferred it onto the bird (my design) as I thought it would look nice as a tail.
The knotwork down the middle is freehand. Its easy done by lightly drawing in a diamond pattern of dots onto the sheath.
Its impossible to draw on the sheath with pencil so once Ive finished the design Im happy with I transfer it over using a sheet of graphite. You have to hold it carefully though its not easy to see if the design is straight or not and so its often easier to freehand if you can. The birds feet, faces, and internal designs on the wings were all freehand and made up as I went along.
Basically I traced the sheath onto graph paper, and then replicated this several times over. I then sketch out designs onto the paper, some of the knotwork I admit to cheating and tracing out from a book, but most of it I incoorperated into my own designs, for instance the tail on the bird at the tip was the edge of a pattern design but I transferred it onto the bird (my design) as I thought it would look nice as a tail.
The knotwork down the middle is freehand. Its easy done by lightly drawing in a diamond pattern of dots onto the sheath.
Its impossible to draw on the sheath with pencil so once Ive finished the design Im happy with I transfer it over using a sheet of graphite. You have to hold it carefully though its not easy to see if the design is straight or not and so its often easier to freehand if you can. The birds feet, faces, and internal designs on the wings were all freehand and made up as I went along.
Another piece of beautiful work Linsey , you should go into tatooing your originality would make you a fortune . hope mr fenna is paying you handsomely ( check the ink on his cash is dry when you get it .........only joking John)
With all that cool artwork you could easily overlook the equally cool and well executed use of an antler link. A very nice touch if I may say so.
Cheers!
Cheers!
Many thanks!
I kept it plain so that the artwork would dominate and I thought that bright metal would be too imposing.
I have done several sheathes with antler rings and have found them strong and stylish without being gaudy.
I gave Linz free reign to do what she would on the sheath - and it is better than I could have hoped for!
