Thursday, November 21, 2013

Mini's

I have been wanting to make some smaller, "mini" knives for some time.  After making the Knife for Ethan, I had a some stainless left over.  I did not get the logo etched deep enough, so not a lot of effort was put into the finish of these knives.

3-3/4" Overall Length, 1 1/2" Blade, Padauk Scales with Brass Pins, 3/16" Stainless Steel
3-3/4" Overall Length, 1 1/2" Blade, Locust Scales with Brass Pins, 3/16" Stainless Steel
Matched Pair?
 The reddish-handled knife has padauk scales, while the tan knife's scales are from an old locust post.   I am pleased with the design of these, but am not happy with the quality of these two.  I did learn a few lessons along the way.





Thursday, August 8, 2013

Knife for Ethan

This knife was made for my son.  He had been asking me to make one for quite some time.  The knife is made from 3/16" Stainless Steel, with brass bolsters and pins.  The scales are walnut.  I took some of the styling cues from my Buck 110 folder.  This knife is intentionally a bit smaller than normal to fit his hands.
I made the hand-stitched sheath from horse butt leather.  I still laugh every time I say Horse Butt.

6" Overall Length, 3" Blade, 3/16" Stainless Steel Walnut Scales with Brass Bolsters Pins, Mosaic Center Pin, Red Fiber Spacers





Saturday, January 5, 2013

9/16 of a Knife


I made this pair of knives on a bit of a whim.  I was cleaning up my garage, and trying to find a place to put some old wrenches I picked up in a box of miscellaneous items at an auction.  The last wrench was an old 9/16" combination wrench.  The 9/16" is of special significance to a handful of family and friends, so, I decided to make each half into knives.





Each knife has a custom made sheath.  As the wrenches were in pretty rough shape prior to adding the knives, I did not polish these.

These knives were given away as gifts.  A close friend has the open-end wrench-knife and his grandson has the other half.  It should be noted that these are not the most practical knives (or wrenches).  Extreme care should be taken when tightening or loosening nuts or bolts!

Small Skinner


I made this knife from an old circular saw blade I had laying around.  It has walnut scales with stainless pins and bolsters. The sheath was custom made.  This knife ranks as one of my favorites, perfect for small game.

Walnut Scales
4" Overall Length, 1 1/2" Blade
Carbon Steel Blade with Stainless Pins and Bolsters