Whacha Been Up To......

[ron55]

I got carried away and ordered a bunch of knife blade blanks. Although I've take a class in knife building and found it very fun, I don't have the time or room for a blacksmith shop. So I'm making scales and adding to the blades. And I'm making sheaths for them. Here's a sheath for the Russell Green River knife I recently put together.

 

[jfk1110]

I got carried away and ordered a bunch of knife blade blanks. Although I've take a class in knife building and found it very fun, I don't have the time or room for a blacksmith shop. So I'm making scales and adding to the blades. And I'm making sheaths for them. Here's a sheath for the Russell Green River knife I recently put together.



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Fine.job!!

 

[ron55]

Fine.job!!

Thanks!

 

[Horsewright]

That looks great both knife and sheath!

 

[ron55]

That looks great both knife and sheath!

Thanks Dave!

 

[Horsewright]

Thanks Dave!

I've got quite a few of those blades left that I took in a trade years ago. Guy owned a gun store in CO and passed away. His daughter found a stack of the Green River blades in cosmolene and stuck in a safe since the 70s she estimated. Been a while but I've made quite a few up.

A few recents:

A water buffalo overlay Leatherman Wave sheath:

A Pancake for this fantasy Persian. Took some engineering on the inside with the welt to get it to work:

This nice lil Ka Bar was in for a new sheath. This is tannery drum dyed leather:

One of my own back for an additional pancake sheath:

A roughout plain (no tooling), Rangeflap Holster for a Colt 1873:

Hadn't built one of these in years. This is a Martingale/Breastcollar. This goes across the front of the horse's chest and helps stabilize the saddle in rough country. It attaches between the legs of the horse to the cinch and also to the saddle on either side. This is roughout tooled with a large Carlos border pattern on the chest pieces. The center piece is tooled with the customer's brand that has also been dyed. Special hardware was ordered by the customer. The martingale is lined with water buffalo leather and all strapping is water buffalo too.

If you were ever to think about doing some power edge finishing a project like this would really get ya going that way. I once measured one of these at the request of a meber here when we were talking about edge finishing. This was years ago when I was building quite a few of these. There is 330 linear inches to finish on one of these guys. Make two and ya darn near paid for a finisher!

 

[Lorien]

 

[Horsewright]

Those are looking great my friend!

Few more recents:

An order of six water buffalo curb straps. A curb strap is part of the bridle and goes under the horses chin:

Three in white and three in turquoise:

A Carlos Border stamped belt:

A basket stamped belt:

And a matching large sized folder belt sheath:

Whacha guys been doing?

 

[Lorien]

apart from some minor clean up, these sheaths are done.

 

[jfk1110]

apart from some minor clean up, these sheaths are done.

Nice work.... Any naked knife pics with their pants alongside???

 

[Horsewright]

A recent purse by my wife Nichole:

Lined in a heavy canvas thats in a saddle blanket pattern.

A J Frame holster with a sweat guard.

Roughout:

Couple of Horizontal sheaths for a couple pretty darn nice knives:

Took some time off and went fishing with some friends:

The desert was in bloom:

Sunrise at camp:

Working on dinner:

On the way back stopped for breakfast. Mt Whitney, the tallest mountain in the lower 48 at 14,495 ft.

What ya been up too?

 

[Sharp & Fiery]

I’m back in the saddle, as they say.


It’s good to be back.

 

[Horsewright]

Very nice work!! Did ya get bucked off? It happens.

 

[SwissHeritageCo]

Beautiful! Those inlays look fiddly, I bet they're a pita to make.

 

[Sharp & Fiery]

Very nice work!! Did ya get bucked off? It happens.

Thank you, Dave. Same to you. I took about a month off to do some family things and outside work before the “biting” bugs came out.

Your work is looking stellar as always, Dave.

Beautiful! Those inlays look fiddly, I bet they're a pita to make.

Thank you.

Haha! It takes some thinkin’, that is for sure, but I actually enjoy making them…except when they don’t work out. Haha!

 

[jfk1110]

Thank you, Dave. Same to you. I took about a month off to do some family things and outside work before the “biting” bugs came out.

Your work is looking stellar as always, Dave.


Thank you.

Haha! It takes some thinkin’, that is for sure, but I actually enjoy making them…except when they don’t work out. Haha!

Lil buggas go up your nose, eyes ,ears...Everywhere!!!........Welcome back inside...

 

[Horsewright]

Thank you, Dave. Same to you. I took about a month off to do some family things and outside work before the “biting” bugs came out.

Your work is looking stellar as always, Dave.


Thank you.

Haha! It takes some thinkin’, that is for sure, but I actually enjoy making them…except when they don’t work out. Haha!

Thanks. Funny, where we were camped next to a lake quite a few flying critters that bite. I didn't get a single bite everyone else got chewed. Quien Sabe? Must of been the ceegars!