My Woodbury Style Knife From Class

[Tradbow]

Beautiful knife. I know enough about making a knife to know that I don’t know anything about making a knife

 

[jlutz]

I had a chance to take a class focusing on Woodbury style knives last weekend with Frank House and Joe Seabolt. It was held at the Blacksmith shop at the Goshen Historical Society in Goshen, OH (http://goshenhistory.org/gths-blacksmith). Definitely worth checking out if you can! I believe they will be offering the same class later this year. The knife I made is below.

Update: Joe was kind enough to have a few of us over to his shop last weekend to show us how to make a backwoods style sheath to go along with the knife. It has a rawhide liner, stitched with copper wire. That is covered with walnut dyed brain tanned leather, stitched with linen. The whole thing is then treated with a beeswax solution. If it peaks your interest, Joe is willing to offer a class at the Goshen school (near Cincinnati) if he gets enough interest. Look him up or let me know and I’ll pass along his contact info. It was a great class. I’m no leatherworker but have made a few belt sheaths with a welt. This was a whole new undertaking and I learned a lot of great techniques.

 

[jlutz]

I am not familiar with Woodbury style knives, but that sure is a great looking knife. Any plans to make a sheath for it?

I did get the sheath made! You can see some photos in my post above this one.

 

[SDSmlf]

I did get the sheath made! You can see some photos in my post above this one.

Great looking knife and sheath. Hope to see more examples. Not many are skilled craftsmen making both the knife and sheath (in my opinion). Looks like you are on the way. On this forum for example, would say a guy like @Two Feathers has it figured out with his volume and creativity.

 

[frankie]

Update: Joe was kind enough to have a few of us over to his shop last weekend to show us how to make a backwoods style sheath to go along with the knife. It has a rawhide liner, stitched with copper wire. That is covered with walnut dyed brain tanned leather, stitched with linen. The whole thing is then treated with a beeswax solution. If it peaks your interest, Joe is willing to offer a class at the Goshen school (near Cincinnati) if he gets enough interest. Look him up or let me know and I’ll pass along his contact info. It was a great class. I’m no leatherworker but have made a few belt sheaths with a welt. This was a whole new undertaking and I learned a lot of great techniques.

beutiful

 

[frankie]

I had a chance to take a class focusing on Woodbury style knives last weekend with Frank House and Joe Seabolt. It was held at the Blacksmith shop at the Goshen Historical Society in Goshen, OH (http://goshenhistory.org/gths-blacksmith). Definitely worth checking out if you can! I believe they will be offering the same class later this year. The knife I made is below.

I just don't think I could use that if I owned it. It's just too nice. I think I would have to frame it.

 

[david w]

Very nice! How did you engrave your name on the blade? How did you attach the tang to the handle?

 

[jlutz]

Very nice! How did you engrave your name on the blade? How did you attach the tang to the handle?

Thanks David! I had a stamp made from signature, so I just hot stamp it like you would any touchmark. The tang is through tang, so it goes all the way through and is then peened over washer/butt cap. There is also epoxy in the handle, so it has both the chemical bond from the epoxy and the mechanical bond from peening it to hold it in place.

 

[Packrat]

Just wondering, is it more comfortable as a right hand rather than a left hand knife

 

[jlutz]

Just wondering, is it more comfortable as a right hand rather than a left hand knife

I made it as a right hand knife since I’m right handed and I’d say it seems a little more comfortable that way, but I think it would quite useable as a lefty too.

 

[Ricochet]

Great job!! That is a beautiful knife and a perfectly made sheath for it!! Love the patina!

 

[jlutz]

Great job!! That is a beautiful knife and a perfectly made sheath for it!! Love the patina!

Thank you for the kind words!

 

[Colonial Boy]

Very nice, and it brings back memories of a knife that my grand aunt used in her kitchen when I was a child, as soon as I saw your knife memory kicked in; thanks.