Small Knife & Case

[BearMan]

Hi Everybody, Here is a Small Knife & Case I just finished. The case is about 5 1/2" long by about 1 7/8" wide, with the widest tooling area about 1 1/4" wide. At the thickest point, the edge is 7 layers thick, just under an inch. The edge burnishing was done with my canvas cloth. Aprox. 8 stitches per inch, with "skip Stitching" in the areas where the tooled tendrils are in the way. I just couldn't stitch over them. The stitch is actually hidden behind / under the surface. The tooling on this one goes on top of the thin border,,, & under it. The colors didn't cove out quite as bright as I wanted, as I made this out of a piece of fairly dark "chestnut skirting". The knife is 5" long, with Bolivian Rosewood handles, decorative center pin, & brass & copper retaining pins. The knife has decorative file work on the top of the blade. Thanks for looking,,,, Ed the"BearMan"

[hidepounder]

Great job Ed.....pretty tricky with the stitching, too!

Bob

[MADMAX22]

Cool setup. That is one thick edge. Agreed on the cool stitching idea.

[weaselrunner]

did you make the blade as well ??????????????/

[BearMan]

Hi,

Thanks Bob, I kinda had to think about that, to keep from stitching over the terdrils.

Thanks Max...

Weaselrunner,,, No, I didn't make it,,, I just kinda "tweeked" it a bit.

Ed

[UKRay]

Lovely work, Ed. That knife is very fine and the sheath works so well.

Ray