Thanks!Love the knife but not so keen on the sheath this time.
What?? You of all people should understand, being a snapper yourselfLove of god hellize! granny and the chess board
Think I'll just hit "Like" on your post and congratulate you again on a fine knife. The lightning strike in the steel is, striking, one of your finest forge and etch.
Sheath, I'm with KenThis. It has a some steampunk appeal, but it's aluminium pop rivets. Is there such a thing as brass or copper pop rivets? Hammered or peened, bashed leather?
Thanks Actually I had this blade laying around in the shop for quite a few months, not being able to figure out, what to do with it. I am happy that you like the result.
I had only aluminium around, and I have no idea if they make the stuff in copper or bronze. I know that there is an all steel version of it, but popping that is extremely hard, probably would squish the leather in a nasty way The stuff is only good if you rivet sheet metals together.
I had some experiments with pure copper tubes, if you are careful those could be used instead, but bronze is just not soft enough.
And finally real copper rivets, I haven't even seen, ever. Now if I had some nice initial material, pure copper, I could probably make rivets from it, and it would most probably work, but unfortunately I only have 2.5 mm thick copper wire, which is too thin for these kind of things
That would be super. But I don't want to cause any more trouble to you. You already helped me enormously! Thanks youIf you want some copper ones, have a look on eBay uk and see if any suit. I can post them over for you.
That would be super. But I don't want to cause any more trouble to you. You already helped me enormously! Thanks you
You are spoiling me, Sir!No problem. Have a look, there are pop rivets, rivets for peening etc. Email me a link and I'll sort them out for you.
You are spoiling me, Sir!
Not really mate, you spoil us with your lovely knives and tall tales. The least I can do for all that appreciate such things is assist you.