Lovely looking tool with a nice comfortable looking handle. I like the handle because it seems favour the action i would expect from a blade that size??? babbling.
Wayland's got a brand new Leuku
- Thread starter Wayland
- Start date
-
Come along to the amazing Summer Moot (21st July - 2nd August), a festival of bushcrafting and camping in a beautiful woodland PLEASE CLICK HERE for more information.
It's what they call curly birch which comes from a burl on the tree.
You get these beautiful iridescent rays that run through it which I just love.
Difficult to describe but great to look at.
You get these beautiful iridescent rays that run through it which I just love.
Difficult to describe but great to look at.
Cracking Leuku there.
If I was in the 'one blade only' situation I'd want one of these. Big enough to chop & light enough for finer work.
Is there a liner or a welt in that sheath?
If I was in the 'one blade only' situation I'd want one of these. Big enough to chop & light enough for finer work.
Is there a liner or a welt in that sheath?
Being half tanned, the leather is very tough and quite stiff so it doesn't really need a liner.
On the latest picture you can see a copper ring attached near the top, this is primarily for hanging the knife but it also ensures that the edge cannot possibly cut the stitching at it's most vulnerable point. Once past that, the shaping of the leather guides the blade safely into it's correct position.
I have never bothered with welts and to date have never had a problem with the blade slicing the stitching.
On the latest picture you can see a copper ring attached near the top, this is primarily for hanging the knife but it also ensures that the edge cannot possibly cut the stitching at it's most vulnerable point. Once past that, the shaping of the leather guides the blade safely into it's correct position.
I have never bothered with welts and to date have never had a problem with the blade slicing the stitching.
Similar threads
