Finally got around to finishing 2/4 of the knives done and delivered, and I'm glad to say that the recipients are really happy with their knives! I don't have too many pictures of the process as it's somewhat difficult to take pictures while your hands are full/ filthy. I'll need to figure something out something if I'm going to do a proper work in progress. The knives I finished were the small EDC blade in cocobolo and the denimite cheese knife, both of which I think turned out pretty well. I finished the handles to a high grit ( 2000+ for both) in order to bring out the character in the materials and finished them both with tung oil and paste wax. Both sheaths were done up in vegetable tanned leather. For spacing the stitches, I used a two pronged stitching chisel, which was a big improvement in consistency over the divider calipers that I have been using in the past, and have been using a diamond profile stitching awl to make the holes, that I found allowed for a more consistent and overall better product. The sheath for the EDC was a simple pancake style sheath. For the cheese knife, given that it had a somewhat unconventional shape to keep things compact I decided to draw from how japanese knife sayas were designed, hence the cocobolo retaining pin, which allowed for a very secure and snug fit in the sheath.
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| I braided some red cotton skein to tether the retention pin to the sheath so that it wouldn't get lost - not too sure if I would do that again - maybe try a different material? |
