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Hi folks! My name is John M Cohea, and I,m a knifemaker/sheathmaker from Ms. I make mainly frontier style period knives with rawhide covered veg-tan sheaths. Here is a small sample of what I do.

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HELLO John & Welcome.. Knives and sheaths looks great, What type of

leather did you use. Are you a Buskskinner or just make knives and sheaths?

Luke

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Thanks Luke! At this point I just make the knives and sheaths, but would like to get into buckskinning.I use deer rawhide over veg-tan, and commercial deerskin for fringe. Here's a couple more

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Hi John welcome to the forum, nice work it has a nice look to it, Don

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Very nice.... Welcome to the forum.

"The miracle is not how two adults can create a child, the phenomenon is how quickly a child can create two adults." -- VYBE

Her: Hit Me

Him: Do you want me to use the knife?

Her: No, When you hit with a knife, that's STABBING!

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Thanks for the welcome folks and the nice comments. Look forward to gettin' to know some of you talented people!!! :thumbsup:

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  JMCohea said:
Thanks for the welcome folks and the nice comments. Look forward to gettin' to know some of you talented people!!! :thumbsup:

John where bouts in Ms are you makin these knives & sheaths

i'm up the road a ways on the Bluff over looking the river. :welcome:

Luke

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John, love the work, very period!

Warren

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Thanks guys!!! Luke, I,m actually only less than 2hrs from you. I live in a little town called Nettleton, which is about 15 miles south of Tupelo,which you all know is the birthplace of the king of rock and roll,Elvis Presley. I work on towboats Luke, so I come thru Memphis pretty often. Maybe we could meet sometime and you can clue me in about how to get into the whole buckskinning thang.

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  JMCohea said:
Thanks guys!!! Luke, I,m actually only less than 2hrs from you. I live in a little town called Nettleton, which is about 15 miles south of Tupelo,which you all know is the birthplace of the king of rock and roll,Elvis Presley. I work on towboats Luke, so I come thru Memphis pretty often. Maybe we could meet sometime and you can clue me in about how to get into the whole buckskinning thang.

John, come on down , I'll leave the light on and the string out.

we'll Boil some Coffey and Jawbone till the sun comes up.

I'll turn u n to a Skinner even ifin it kills you. :rofl:

Luke

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Very cool John,

Looks like maybe some Daniel Winkler influence in your work?

John D Dennehy

the Wild Irish Rose

Custom Leatherworks and Knives

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  thewildirishrose said:
Very cool John,

Looks like maybe some Daniel Winkler influence in your work?

Absolutely John!Daniel is not only an influence in my work, but has been very helpful in answering a few questions when I have called or e-mailed. Karen Shook,as you can tell, has had influence on my sheath work, as well as Chuck Burrows of Wild Rose Trading Post. I've never spoke with Karen,but I have studied her work for several years, and Chuck got me started in the right direction in working with rawhide thru a phone call a few years ago. so I owe all these great artists a debt of gratitude!! :notworthy: Luke, Thanks, and I'll give you a call sometime in the near future, and get up there to meet you sometime do this, :gathering: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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