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it is pinned to the pommel like the newer kabars are constructed. i should have peened it, would have been easier lol. i shimmed it up about half a hole off so the pommel would be forced down and tight against the handle.

thank you! the stacked handle was easier than i thought, punched and fitted them to the tang then glued each layer with contact cement, after it dried i took them off soaked em and put them in a vice between two pieces of oak, cinched em down let them rest cinched em down again until they wouldn't cinch no more lol. let them dry over night and they were harder than rock lol. cleaned out the tang hole and stuck them on. Thanks Mike no I should have, its a full through tang its 5/8"th wide 3/16"th thick, made just like a ka bar lol 1095 steel 6"blade. drop point fighter.

lol sooner or later you will need them all. the bevellers for example are used for floral and figure carving. What i did at first is figure out a design i wanted to try then buy the tools for it. Most patterns will tell you what tools are needed then as you try more designs you acquire the correct tools and also learn their uses as you go.

thanks man it took some brain work for sure. In ww1 The US army rucksacks were built similar that is where i got my idea.

thanks nope thats a whole new knife.

a couple more and my first sheath with contents.

I started working on this sheath design months ago, finally got time to make a knife for it. Stacked leather handles, if you ever try them dont watch you tube vids, i looked at a few and they are mostly regurgitated forged in fires idea of handle and knifemaking which is far from good. The sheath is 10 oz back , 6/7 front and the wings and flaps are 3/4 oz. Its made to hold survival gear or whatever you feelt he need to carry. I had a thread on the idea months ago and this is much better looking lol.

i dont know but it sure looks good, that moon is really cool .

no to much dry rot in places you cant see, imo your taking your safety as well as the horses in your hands. I would clean it up a bit get an accurate assessment of its collectability or worth then either oil it up a bit and make it a personal show piece or sell it to some cowboy bar as a wall hanger. Old uncared for saddles are very plentiful.

858 is the smallest mulefoot 430 small size beveler 894 crafttool beveler 200 medium size 203 next smallest 706 small veiner 631 small seeder 102 ? 104 small backgrounder 821 only one of that type veiner 406 smallest veiner of type 746 crafttool veiner looks about medium size best i could do looks like you have a smattering of tools mostly smaller sizes and some older craft tool that weren't in my catalog.

great looking wallet and nothing at all wrong with simple. I use the roon a lot even on wood lol.

probably get in trouble with the copy right police. way cool!! used to love batman especially when climbing up the skyscrapers never knew who would pop out of the window.

Tandy usually made 3 sizes of most of them or there a bouts if you print the numbers then i can tell you what size you have. or you can go to their site and find out. I ma lucky enough to have kept my old Tandy catalog with life-size pictures of each lol.

What weight of leather are you thinking?? You can preform the heel then tool it if you can find something hard enough and close to the curve to pound against. at least a few stitches on the sides and back and glue, you don't want a malfunction at the wrong time.

very cool indeed i helped a friend sew my 18' Sioux lodge, teepee, because it is a two man job on a table. i can understand it is massive work on a machine. smart thinking.

holy cow thats alot of stitching!! But it was worth it IMO beautiful job, just enough tooling.

LOL me too who said "dreams are like clouds floating through a sky blue mind". ?

Dont make this political please stay on topic or i'll get blamed for ruining the forum again LOL.

holy cow man that is awesome!!! i like them both you did a great job on that tooling. That belt design is cool.

There is not a thing wrong with simple you do beautiful work! There is an idea about art that the simplest strokes make the loudest noise, many great artist have spent their lifetime trying to accomplish that.

that half flap is just cool beans ! I have been thinking on a holster for my dads old BP, now mine, for a long time. I love the look of that flap design, I'll be using it for sure. Man you do great work!!!

thats very cool indeed i like the feather too!!

if your still looking after hunting season(November) let me know, i can make what ever you dream up. I'm strapped until then I have a few projects on the bench i have to finish lol.

they work fine for straight cuts, i have been using one slightly larger but with a straight blade for a year or so and haven't picked up my round knife since.

thank you I'm very glad you like it. They do cut nice. Thank you Pastor.