Sunday, November 12, 2017

Small Chef's Knife

Just the first coat of oil on the curly maple handle. Forged blade is 3/32"- thick 1095, pewter bolster to the tip measures 6", hexagonal handle is 4 3/4".

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Chef's Knife


Medium sized Chef's knife forged with a 7" 1095 carbon steel blade, pewter bolster, walnut slabs with combination brass/copper pins.

Monday, October 30, 2017

Hunter

Another one down. This medium sized belt knife has a 6" forged 1084 blade, 4 1/2" walnut slabs with brass pins, upset finger guard, and a nice distal taper to the blade as well as the tang.

Sunday, October 29, 2017

Thursday, October 26, 2017

Aged Rifleman's Knife


This knife has a forged 1084 blade that measures 8 1/2", and is 13 1/4" overall. The spiral handle is European walnut with an iron guard, band, and pommel. The sheath is rawhide with a bark tanned deerskin outer wrap.

Medium Belt Knife


This knife has a 5 1/2" forged 1084 blade with a 4 1/2" curly maple handle, and iron fittings. The sheath is rawhide wrapped with bark tanned deerskin.

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Plug Bayonet



Forged 1095 blade is 9" to the guard. Guard to pommel is 5 1/4". Curly maple handle. This one fits a 54 caliber smoothbore.

Saturday, October 7, 2017

Quilled Sheath

I acquired this Christie Suchora quilled sheath at the EPR, made a rawhide liner to fit the cable damascus knife previously shown.

Saturday, September 16, 2017

Trade Knife

This knife is loosely patterned off a 18th century trade knife. It measures 5 7/8" from tip to the curly maple handle, and 10 7/8" overall. The forged 1095 blade is 3/32" at the thickest portion of the spine. Sheath is 8oz vegetable tanned cow hide, hand sewn, and dyed dark.

Saturday, September 2, 2017

Cable Longhunter Knife




This is the 3rd cable knife from the same 1 1/4 x 12" piece of cable. It measures 16 3/4" overall with a 12 1/4" blade, and 1/8" at the thickest portion of the spine. The guard, pommel, and scabbard band where formed from mild steel. The belt clip 1095, and the pins are a copper tube with a solid brass center. Leather is an 8 ounce vegetable tan.

Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Cable Hunter




This blade was forged from the same 1 1/4" x 12" cable as the last knife posted. It measures 9 3/8" overall, and has a 5 1/4" blade. The handle slabs are giraffe bone with combination brass/copper pins. The sheath is my usual 8 oz veg. tanned cowhide.