bladegrinder

That's beautiful.

That looks great!

I'm getting in some practice carving with this lion face. I did one on scrap to see how it came out and it seemed pretty good so I did another on this sheath. The story on this is in 1903 a game ranger was on horseback in Africa and got attacked by two lions and he killed one with a knife. to this day that knife gets replicated by company's and custom makers, this is my 2024 version of "the Lion killer". this knife will be donated to the Safari Club, Tampa Bay chapter for their auction. this will be my 31st year of donating a knife to their auction. I hope someone likes it and bids high!

So, what company was it?

That came out looking great, you should be proud of that piece!

English bridle is my go to dye for knife sheaths and holsters, cut 50% with reducer and applied with wool shearling. With stamping - carving highlighted with Fiebings brown antique.

I use it as a resist for antique. Afterwards I top coat with resolene.

Helene passed me just to the east so I didn’t get hammered, winds only got up around 50 mph around me and around eight inches of rain. Milton is headed to Tampa-Clearwater now, I moved from Clearwater to the woods in North Florida three years ago. Lived there around 35 years and seen a lot of hurricanes skirt by but never a direct hit. We always said the big one would hit…could be next year or a hundred years. This is the one. I have a lot of friends down there and I’m praying for them, that area is going to get clobbered like no one could imagine. Hurricane Michael hit my area of North Florida five years ago and I couldn’t believe the damage I saw.

Hunkering down in my place, in the deep woods just outside of Tallahassee. Last night I was in the cross hairs now it shows coming thru a little bit East of me. It’s been raining since last night, that soaks the ground good and makes it easier for the trees to come down, the ones that don’t snap. Keeping my fingers crossed. Supposed to come thru around 11:00 tonight. Prayers going out to anyone in the path of this storm.

I’m done with buying Herman Oak leather from Springfield.

My directions are way down in that thread, on page 5.

Here’s a link to a thread on how I did it on my 4500…go to page five

Dang, that's fancy!

That looks awesome, great work!

I wear 1.5 power reading glasses a lot, especially when I'm making folding knives. bought at Walmart on the cheap. they are a godsend. I use to wear an optivisor but it's a lot bulkier. the screws I use on these are 0-80 which are TINY!