Knife Modification

[HSmithTX]

Next time a file will dress the rivets down on the stem side in a flash....

 

[pacanis]

I know.
I'll probably put a halogen light on it in the basement.

 

[pacanis]

Rivets came in.
Sheath Part Deux

These rivets were .05 shorter.
And since I like the way it looks I'm not fiddling with them

 

[Hermit Tim]

Rivets came in.
Sheath Part Deux
View attachment 222878

These rivets were .05 shorter.
And since I like the way it looks I'm not fiddling with them

I like it. Looks like it will do the job and, as long as you are happy with it, then mission accomplished. PM coming your way.

 

[pacanis]

I like it. Looks like it will do the job and, as long as you are happy with it, then mission accomplished. PM coming your way.

Thank, Tim.

There are some things I'm happier with and others I'm not. Plus I had to use up my last piece of thick leather
But overall I like this sheath style for the knife rather than the very first sheath I made for it.

So it'll do!
Plus I learned valuable lesson about hammering too much on rivets close to the edge on leather. So if this helps anyone that's a good thing.

 

[Loja man]

Pacanis im sorry it puckerf your sheath edge when you peened the rivets!! That stinks!! I have not had it do that on thick leather.

 

[pacanis]

Pacanis im sorry it puckerf your sheath edge when you peened the rivets!! That stinks!! I have not had it do that on thick leather.

Thanks. No biggie.
Could have been a number of reasons. I did say the rivets were long, but until I set them with the rivet set I didn't realize how long. The heads were like countersunk screws, so that allowed more stem to poke through that I originally saw. But once you are that far...
And for all I know they were "copper-like". They seemed harder than the rivets I used to use forty years ago. Or the ones I makeshifted five years back when I used copper roofing nails and washers from Ace, lol. I probably should have gone that route

 

[Jay Templin]

And for all I know they were "copper-like". They seemed harder than the rivets I used to use forty years ago. Or the ones I makeshifted five years back when I used copper roofing nails and washers from Ace, lol. I probably should have gone that route

Anymore, I anneal all of my rivets before I use them. I snagged a butane crème brûlée torch at Goodwill for a couple of bucks and it really does the job- heat ‘em cherry red and stick them in the sink. Just finished a set of tube rivets for my new knife out of .22 magnum casings and a .30 cal blank casing I found on the ground after a reenactment. Hopefully I can find some time to finish it this week.
Jay

 

[TDM]

Anymore, I anneal all of my rivets before I use them. I snagged a butane crème brûlée torch at Goodwill for a couple of bucks and it really does the job- heat ‘em cherry red and stick them in the sink. Just finished a set of tube rivets for my new knife out of .22 magnum casings and a .30 cal blank casing I found on the ground after a reenactment. Hopefully I can find some time to finish it this week.
Jay

That’s a good idea.

 

[TDM]

Rivets came in.
Sheath Part Deux
View attachment 222878

These rivets were .05 shorter.
And since I like the way it looks I'm not fiddling with them

It looks great, I wouldn’t change it.

 

[pacanis]

Thanks @TDM

Anneal. I like it
I looked and the rivets were pure copper, but next time they are getting annealed. I might just anneal the ones left over.