Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Horn handled knife



8" knife with a 4" blade forged from an old file. Blade stamped with maker's mark. Full tapered tang with 4 1/16" steel pins through horn slabs. Poured pewter bolster, and vegetable tanned leather sheath.

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Belt knife



Another blade forged from a file. Turned curly maple handle, a pewter bolster, and steel plate at the back. Maple is finished with nitric acid and linseed oil. Overall length is just under 9", with a 4 3/4" blade. Vegetable tanned cow hide sheath in the works.

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Patch/neck knife



This knife is 7 1/2" overall, and has a 3 1/2" blade forged from an old file. The tang passes through a poured pewter bolster, whitetail antler tine, and a steel plate. The tang is peened over the rear plate, which also has a small pin at the bottom edge. The maker stamp was self built out of an old center punch.

Throwing knife

This knife has an overall length of 15". The blade was forged from a leaf spring. The tang passes through the guard, and stacked layers of vegetable tanned leather and threads into the steel pommel

Saturday, July 9, 2011

Armstrong rifle









Custom built rifle I just finished; 32 caliber, 37" Rice barrel, deluxe large Siler lock, Davis double set triggers, maple stock

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Curly Maple Shooting Box



This was a custom ordered box I just completed. It is about an inch taller than the previous cherry box.