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who ever is the winner of this comp i will donate one of my handmade sheaths as the prize .   all so i will be puting a step by step guide on how to make a leather sheath from start to finish but if

Well here is the knife finished     still need to make the sheath but that's not going to get done before years end.     may go back and rework the handle at some point in the future but I'

buy brass rods and cut them down to fit i got all my stuff of ebay there is a massive range on there mate

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I got started on mine this morning, here it is marked up

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and here it is after working on it on and off for 6 hours.

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now the 6 hours was interspersed with me removing the tiles from our utility room and replacing the work-surface, so I reckon this is 2 hours of work to get it like this.

 

Lots of scratches still on the blade from the early material removal so I guess it's just a case of more elbow grease and sandpaper until I get the finish I like.

 

Main problem with the sanding is that it has removed the sharp edges I had on the blade - not the finish I had intended but I actually quite like it now.

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I got started on mine this morning, here it is marked up

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and here it is after working on it on and off for 6 hours.

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now the 6 hours was interspersed with me removing the tiles from our utility room and replacing the work-surface, so I reckon this is 2 hours of work to get it like this.

 

Lots of scratches still on the blade from the early material removal so I guess it's just a case of more elbow grease and sandpaper until I get the finish I like.

 

Main problem with the sanding is that it has removed the sharp edges I had on the blade - not the finish I had intended but I actually quite like it now.

 

I like the handle I wanted to do something like that but couldn't think what to do :)

 

Paulus you do make me laugh :) :)

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Yes Paulus, please do - better chance of winning then ;) in all seriousness the photo probably makes it look better than it is. Its strange also that you can start working on it and then all of a sudden it looks crap, 5 minutes more work and it looks good. it kind of wavers between the two. I guess the trick is to stop when it looks good.

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Yes Paulus, please do - better chance of winning then ;) in all seriousness the photo probably makes it look better than it is. Its strange also that you can start working on it and then all of a sudden it looks crap, 5 minutes more work and it looks good. it kind of wavers between the two. I guess the trick is to stop when it looks good.

mine will look like a tooth pic buy the time i get to that point :laugh: :laugh:
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