Another knife finished today

[webradbury]

This was the trouble child...everything was going fine until I got to the bolster. I had to pour it about 5 times before I got it right. I think it turned out well.  I am doing my bolsters a bit different lately.  Instead of filing them flush with the antler, I’m leaving them raised a little to make a more pronounced transition.  I also put a false edge on this one...only the second one I have done. I think it makes this blade profile a little more interesting. I guess this would be considered a bag knife...I don’t know. I’ve got to get some leather and start making sheaths at some point but I don’t know what to look for in leather or how to start for that matter.  Weight, type etc... 

[heinz]

Nice lines on that knife.  Sheath building is a necessary skill if you are making sharp knives,  I use two categories of sheaths, those made from relatively thick leather with a welt to protect the stitches and those that use a liner, wood or rawhide, to encase the blade with a thinner leather cover.
the techniques are a bit different, 

Tim Albert has done some nice articles in Muzzleloader magazine on the welted sheaths.

[JEH]

That's a nice little blade! Would be a good skinner that you can get a good hold on it for control. Nice job! Having banged out a few I know the frustrations...

[P.W.Berkuta]

This was the trouble child...everything was going fine until I got to the bolster. I had to pour it about 5 times before I got it right. I think it turned out well.  I am doing my bolsters a bit different lately.  Instead of filing them flush with the antler, I’m leaving them raised a little to make a more pronounced transition.  I also put a false edge on this one...only the second one I have done. I think it makes this blade profile a little more interesting. I guess this would be considered a bag knife...I don’t know. I’ve got to get some leather and start making sheaths at some point but I don’t know what to look for in leather or how to start for that matter.  Weight, type etc... 


That pointy end of the blade by the handle will make it a bit difficult making a sheath for it. That point will snag on the sheath as you withdraw it unless you address it by some sorts.  Nice knife though .