new knife just finished

[chipper]

Here's my newest project, it's 4340 tool steel. It has a differential quench. The pewter is from an old candle stick. The deer was killed in Wyoming for the antler. This weekend of forging was hectic, I broke a 1095 blade while straightening it and cracked a W1 in the quench tank so I fell back on my old reliable 4340. The knife isn't very period correct for the 1820's but with the 41/2 blade it should make a nice working knife.
Loyd Shindelbower
Loveland Colorado

 

[soggy]

:hatsoff: Nice looking knife Loyd. I don't understand all those numbers as they relate to steel, but I do know a great looking knife when I see one! :bow:
Soggy

 

[blacksmithshoppe]

Nich job, did you make the sheath too.
Jeff :applause:

 

[snagg]

Very nice job on the knife and the sheath!!

snagg

 

[chipper]

Thanks for all the positive comments, I made the sheath too.

Regards
Loyd

 

[PitchyPine]

Very nice looking knife :thumbsup:

 

[RickD]

Very nice knife..Is the beadwork sewn to the leather and if so what kind of leather is it

 

[chipper]

Very nice knife..Is the beadwork sewn to the leather and if so what kind of leather is it

I allways sew beads to a patch of wool and glue that and stitch it to the leather. Unless of course the leather is really thin and then I stitch to the leather. The leather was going to be a set of chaps. I took the scraps and used it for a knife sheath.
regards

 

[Blizzard of '93]

PC or not, Daniel or Davey either one would have liked to have had that one.

 

[timbuckII]

Nice knife and sheath, I like the bead work. Can you recomend a good book on how to do bead work?

 

[chipper]

I didn't use a book, my dad taught me. He was raised on the Pine Ridge in S.D. I'm sure the technique is a non P.C. one but simply start by drawing a picture of what you want to do on some graph paper. You only need to do this once, after that you can pretty much figure it out. Then simply tie a not in your string thread it through the wool and start beading. I like to use lazy stitch. That's string 6 beads then dive down into the material. I do a back hitch where I come up through the last 2 beads of the original 6 and exit through the same end bead twice. That sets up the stitch for the next 6 beads in a straight line with the last 6. It's incredibly easy and even little kids can do it. I coat the back of the wool with glue to keep the ends from untieing and stick it to the leather. If the leather is soft enough, I then use the bead needle and some beading thread to sew the wool to the leather in a lazy stitch. Use a little bees wax to the beading thread if it gets difficult to use.

Regards
Loyd Shindelbower
Loveland Colorado

 

[timbuckII]

Thanks, I'll pick up some beads and give it a try. I need to do some reasearch, I take it there would be plains and woodlands designs and that they would change ove the years.

TC

 

[ladysmithtrading]

Tim, you might want to google up crazy crow trading post in texas, they have a web site, and think about picking up the book "Techniques of North American Indian Beadwork" or "The Beadworkers Companion" both very good books on how to and ideas for patterns and colors.