Knife buildoff challenge discussion

[Verrt]

Goodwill Hunting Knife
Opened up the Tandy Leather Co. sheath kit this morning and got a start on it. First thing I did was a 'dry fit' of my blade in the sheath. A little tight, so I did what I'd been thinking of doing anyway, and took the sharp corner off the back end of the blade. Has better flow now, and less of a 'cleaver' kind of look.

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I used some virgin olive oil to darken or 'patina' the veg-tanned leather. Then grabbed the stamps I had purchased at Tandy and the wooden mallet, and embossed some design onto the sheath.
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You can see the original color on the right, which will be the inside of the sheath, and then what happened after I applied about 3 coats of oil to the leather on the left.

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I found that I needed about a dozen strikes with the mallet to get an impression on the leather that was deep enough to be seen. In the photo above, I had only hit it about 6 or 7 times. Here are the pieces drying in the sun. The oiled leather lightens as it dries, so I will likely add more this afternoon.

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Love the new blade profile, really makes it.

I've not worked with leather much, but you could also do some equivalent an ink wash on the to get the embossing to pop out more. Like what you would do with model painting.

 

[Verrt]

Goodwill Hunting Knife
Opened up the Tandy Leather Co. sheath kit this morning and got a start on it. First thing I did was a 'dry fit' of my blade in the sheath. A little tight, so I did what I'd been thinking of doing anyway, and took the sharp corner off the back end of the blade. Has better flow now, and less of a 'cleaver' kind of look.

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I used some virgin olive oil to darken or 'patina' the veg-tanned leather. Then grabbed the stamps I had purchased at Tandy and the wooden mallet, and embossed some design onto the sheath.
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You can see the original color on the right, which will be the inside of the sheath, and then what happened after I applied about 3 coats of oil to the leather on the left.

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I found that I needed about a dozen strikes with the mallet to get an impression on the leather that was deep enough to be seen. In the photo above, I had only hit it about 6 or 7 times. Here are the pieces drying in the sun. The oiled leather lightens as it dries, so I will likely add more this afternoon.

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Also, you posted this update in the discussion thread. Oops!

 

[OddJob]

Looks good. It's easier to work leather on a granite slab, but obviously not necessary.

Oh, it's necessary all right! My clay tile is now in 4 pieces!

 

[Fv2]

Goodwill Hunting Knife
Opened up the Tandy Leather Co. sheath kit this morning and got a start on it. First thing I did was a 'dry fit' of my blade in the sheath. A little tight, so I did what I'd been thinking of doing anyway, and took the sharp corner off the back end of the blade. Has better flow now, and less of a 'cleaver' kind of look.

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I used some virgin olive oil to darken or 'patina' the veg-tanned leather. Then grabbed the stamps I had purchased at Tandy and the wooden mallet, and embossed some design onto the sheath.
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You can see the original color on the right, which will be the inside of the sheath, and then what happened after I applied about 3 coats of oil to the leather on the left.

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I found that I needed about a dozen strikes with the mallet to get an impression on the leather that was deep enough to be seen. In the photo above, I had only hit it about 6 or 7 times. Here are the pieces drying in the sun. The oiled leather lightens as it dries, so I will likely add more this afternoon.

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Looks good. It's easier to work leather on a granite slab, but obviously not

Oh, it's necessary all right! My clay tile is now in 4 pieces!

Oh, also getting the leather wet softens it.

 

[Verrt]

My wife has this interesting trowel knife from Fiskars. It's based on a Japanese gardening tool.

The blade is dished like a trowel, but has a sharp edge and serrations one one side.

It's great for getting through small to medium undground roots.

If I got into forging, I'd like to make a higher quality version of this kind.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

They are called a few different things, hedge witch, hori hori, when they have the measurements on them, I've seen em called planter's knife, root knife, etc. Gotta get my lady one for her garden. Hmmmm the kids just got a mother's day idea

Can't afford that one...

 

[Verrt]

I find the Fiskars one to be pretty good.for the price

 

[ifitsfreeitsforme]

I hope I can make these work.

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[Verrt]

I hope I can make these work.

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I hope so too. It will be a super cool look.

With four lanyard holes you can lash it to a stick and call it a survival tool.

 

[Captain Awesome]

I hope so too. It will be a super cool look.

With four lanyard holes you can lash it to a stick and call it a survival tool.

First thing I thought was that they'd make great lanyard holes

 

[Fv2]

I hope I can make these work.

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Blue loctite might be handy, just to make sure they don't loosen.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

do post up a pic of your sheath though. Sounds intriguing.

Because you asked, not because I'm proud, I present Evidence of Why Matti Don't Enter the Contests.

Cardboard, and tape. It's my garage knife. I've got them squirreled away all over the place

 

[Verrt]

Because you asked, not because I'm proud, I present Evidence of Why Matti Don't Enter the Contests.
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Cardboard, and tape. It's my garage knife. I've got them squirreled away all over the place

I dunno. I think it's some of your best work.

 

[Swampthing]

I have cardboard and tape cases and sheathes for multiple tools and toys.
It really is a hard to beat combination.

 

[Verrt]

There's a reason I don't show off the sheath for my first knife.

 

[Swampthing]

Did you try to forge the plastic?

 

[Verrt]

Did you try to forge the plastic?

The plastic was inside the nasty PU sheath that came with the knife. I forge welded the electrical tape to the plastic with the power of stickyness

 

[Oak Tree]

A sheath has one job. Any thing above that one job is just superfluous decoration.

 

[ifitsfreeitsforme]

Since I’m using bolts, not pins, should I skip the epoxy, or do both?


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[ifitsfreeitsforme]

Now I’m thinking that an aluminum handle might look nice...


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