A knife and Sheath for November

[Brokenolmarine]

The knife is a Highly Figured Walnut Skinner.  I didn't forge the blade blank, that came from my supplier, Jantz Knife in Davis, Oklahoma.  They have everything I need to make them.  The walnut came from my stash I have had for years.  I formed the copper accent from 1" wide, 3/8" thick bar stock.  The pins are Nickle Silver from round stock.  I enjoy pushing my skills to strive for improvement and learn most of the skills from YouTube videos.  The tooling on the spine is improving.  I bought some metallic tint powder and tinted the epoxy to accent the tooling.  First time I've tried that ... 

The highly figured walnut scales came out beautifully.  I shaped them on the 1x30 belt sander then finish sanded them by hand to 1,000 grit.  I love to bring them to life.  I used Watco Golden Oak Oil Stain to make that grain pop with seven coats of Beeswax to finish and protect.

 

[Brokenolmarine]

The sheath was a practice piece to let me work with the Cowboy 3200.  I still am learning the machine and it can do a lot more than I can right now.  The wife is a quilter and can sew like a demon on my machine, but SHE has about six machines in her shop.  Phaffs and Berninas, and several other top names.  I'm "Learning" my machine and getting better.

I finished the sheath in beeswax as well.

This might be a keeper. 

[DieselTech]

Nice work. They both look great. Love your pick of materials on the knife. Sheath looks awesome too. Is your red dye, red? Or is it Oxblood color? 

Thanks.

[chuck123wapati]

very nice !!! I like walnut.

[Brokenolmarine]

6 hours ago, DieselTech said:

Nice work. They both look great. Love your pick of materials on the knife. Sheath looks awesome too. Is your red dye, red? Or is it Oxblood color? 

Thanks.

It's red.  I just apply additional coats until I get about the color I want, keeping in mind I'll antique it, then apply the mink oil and wax, so it will darken.

Edited November 13, 2024 by Brokenolmarine