Braided Knife Handle

[KAW]

Here is a knife and sheath I finished recently the steel was Forged W2 and the handle is 1/16 of an inch natural and coffee dyed calf rawhide and the sheath is cow rawhide lined with buckskin studded with solid nickel spots and nickel silver conchos I made.

Edited August 28, 2009 by KAW

[Alan Bell]

Hey KAW, long time no post! Glad to see more of your stuff here! Great looking knife and sheath! As usual!

Vaya con Dios, Alan

[steveh]

Very sharp, Excellent craftsmanship !

[troy]

Oh just love the handle knot - is it an extended heel knot? have done a few for handle ends with 5 strings but never thought of extending the turns to 2 or 2 1/2 times round the mandrel - must have taken forever to tigthen it up.

Thanks for sharing

Paul

[gtwister09]

Very nice knife and sheath. Very complimentary to one another.. Greta work.

Regards,

Ben

[rgerbitz]

Dang Kevin, your work sure sets the bar high for the rest of us. It all looks very well made.

Rob

[rawhide1]

KAW

Very nice work!! The knot on the handle looks perfect. And I really like how ya use rawhide and buckskin together when you build your sheaths.

Thanks for sharing

Mike

[iwannabeacowboy]

WOW! The handle is one of the best i've seen. Very nice job on everything.

Charlie

[Casey Jordan]

Impressive! Need I say more?

[Timothy]

Amazing work. I really like the forged guard.

Beautiful hamon. Did you clay harden it?

Thanks for posting.

Tim

[brock]

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[entiendo]

KAW, your work is flawless. Care to share any secrets?