Belt Knife w/ Sheath

[fischereco2]

Here's a belt knife I made for myself this weekend. It seems like lately none of my projects ever go as planned. This started its life as a large Japanese style kitchen knife project, but in an attempt to film myself doing a little forging (and subsequently messing around with my stupid camera for 10 minutes) I accidentally melted the tang and lower half of the knife in the forge which I forgot was on full blast.

After much swearing (and a great video of me looking really sad!) I decided to salvage what was left into an 18th century style knife for myself. I have been giving away most of what I make lately and it occurred to me that I didn't have a period style knife for deer season yet. This one should fit the bill.

1084 high carbon steel, poured pewter bolsters, and iron pins. The sheath is a center seam coated with bees wax and sewn with hemp cord.

I'm happy with it, considering it was a last ditch effort.

 

[SgtErv]

Nice work man! Saw this over on FB I believe

 

[Obi-Wan Cannoli]

Another nice knife! :hatsoff:

Have you ever considered naming your operation "Happy Accident Forge"?

 

[fischereco2]

Another nice knife! :hatsoff:

Have you ever considered naming your operation "Happy Accident Forge"?

Thanks! And yes, that might be an apt description. Maybe if I work on my afro I can be the Bob Ross of knife making...

 

[LRB]

Nice work. Both knife and sheath. Good choice of steel. Seam on the sheath appears neat and straight. Good job. You didn't really need a Japanese kitchen knife anyway, did you?

 

[fischereco2]

Nice work. Both knife and sheath. Good choice of steel. Seam on the sheath appears neat and straight. Good job. You didn't really need a Japanese kitchen knife anyway, did you?

I didn't, but my wife was kind of wanting one for Mother's Day. Ooops!

And thanks, actually I used an old tutorial you did on some other site for making the sheath. After failing miserably at making center seam sheaths your method of starting with a side seam sheath and just flipping it around worked like a charm.

 

[ZUG]

Nice knife -- I like it also - good style - good looks - :hatsoff:

 

[Tallswife]

Beautiful! Congrats on your happy accident!

 

[dhaverstick]

That is one fine accident!

Darren

 

[Brokennock]

Very nice. That's one "accident" I'd be proud to have on my belt. I hope you get to slice some venison with it this fall.

 

[KLWeaver]

I think it looks great and would love to see this video

 

[MSW]

looks pretty good to me, regardless of how it came to be