church son
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I've been reading a long time here, the talent is a little intimidating, but, this is some of what I do; (click to enlarge)
These two came to me via a bucket of rusty knife looking objects back in the summer and I set them aside waiting on shorter days. I was determined not to sit around this winter watching TV wishing I had something knife oriented to do at night after work, so this has been a way to bring a little of my "forging" inside. I re handled with oak and added some poured bolsters and rawhide wraps.The sheaths were inspired by originals from late 19th century but using recycled materials such as leather from an old rifle scabbard, some brain tanned scraps and beads from a box of traded for craft show stuff.
These are both long knives with big sheaths, for comparison the “TaTanka”(thanks to my lovely bride for the use of her ’60”²s era Breyer Buffalo) is 14”³ long x 8”³ tall. Both were finished with dirt, grease, home brew stain and varnish.These are the first knives I have "remodeled" and it has been a lot of fun, also restoring a 1870 double barrel smoothbore this winter that has been in my family for 80 yrs.
Beats watching TV, Thanks for lookin'...................Randy
These two came to me via a bucket of rusty knife looking objects back in the summer and I set them aside waiting on shorter days. I was determined not to sit around this winter watching TV wishing I had something knife oriented to do at night after work, so this has been a way to bring a little of my "forging" inside. I re handled with oak and added some poured bolsters and rawhide wraps.The sheaths were inspired by originals from late 19th century but using recycled materials such as leather from an old rifle scabbard, some brain tanned scraps and beads from a box of traded for craft show stuff.
These are both long knives with big sheaths, for comparison the “TaTanka”(thanks to my lovely bride for the use of her ’60”²s era Breyer Buffalo) is 14”³ long x 8”³ tall. Both were finished with dirt, grease, home brew stain and varnish.These are the first knives I have "remodeled" and it has been a lot of fun, also restoring a 1870 double barrel smoothbore this winter that has been in my family for 80 yrs.
Beats watching TV, Thanks for lookin'...................Randy
