Sheath For Dagger I Made

[hivemind]

Finished a sheath today for a dagger I made:

Sides are 6-7oz, welt is 12oz, dyed with Fiebing's tan, sealed with SuperShene, edges waxed with brown cobbler's wax. Also buffed the button with the Dremel to make it super shiny.

[Dwight]

I was thinking earlier today about a knife with an antler handle, . . . lo and behold, . . . here it is.

Now for the $64,000 question: how do you lock the antler onto the handle without a rivet or pin showing? I can see a pin on yours, but on others I've seen I am at a loss as to how to do it.

Thanks, . . . and both are some good looking work as far as I can see.

May God bless,

Dwight

Edited December 27, 2010 by Dwight

[hivemind]

Epoxy is the miracle of modern knifemaking. 100% of knifemakers that I know of make heavy use of epoxy, even on knives where all the parts fit together with perfect hairline joins. Also, if you see an antler-handled knife with a buttcap, chances are that there's a full-length threaded rattail tang that the butt cap is threaded onto.

[Dwight]

Epoxy is the miracle of modern knifemaking. 100% of knifemakers that I know of make heavy use of epoxy, even on knives where all the parts fit together with perfect hairline joins. Also, if you see an antler-handled knife with a buttcap, chances are that there's a full-length threaded rattail tang that the butt cap is threaded onto.

Thanks, hivemind, . . . I'm working on a late 1880's style SAA rig, . . . part of the "Set" is an antler handled knife that would double as a short sword, . . . never made one, . . . like the idea of the buttcap.

Keep up the good work.

May God bless,

Dwight

[hivemind]

With longer handles it's harder to find straight antler, at least here in upstate New York where all I have to pick from is whitetail deer antler. Maybe out west they have bigger game. Elkhorn? Moose? I dunno. But if you get longer than about 3" on a whitetail antler, you're going to have to start curving your tang.

[hivemind]

OK, yeah, I just did some looking at elk antlers, and.. they're effing HUGE. Make whitetail deer look like doormice.

EDIT: These guys http://www.bigantlers.com/elk.html have some single shed elk antlers for under $50. Any of them will do what you want to do - just make sure you have a long drill bit.

Edited December 28, 2010 by hivemind

[Tac]

OK, yeah, I just did some looking at elk antlers, and.. they're effing HUGE. Make whitetail deer look like doormice.

EDIT: These guys http://www.bigantlers.com/elk.html have some single shed elk antlers for under $50. Any of them will do what you want to do - just make sure you have a long drill bit.

Nice knife and sheath.... I use elk antler quite a bit in some of my knifes and have used both of the methods of attachment you mentioned... and yes... a long drill bit is required for a large rat-tailed tanged blade if using a good sized elk antler... Here are a couple picks of ones I have done using elk.

-Tac

[hivemind]

Hot shit man. That dagger above is only like the fifth knife I've made, I'm still learning the knifemaking part. I also don't forge my own blades, I buy blanks and cheat.

[Tac]

Hive... I don't forge my own blades either. Like you, I buy the blade blanks and go from there. Even at that, there is still some skill and technique involved, so I wouldn't call it "Cheating" as much as "Working smarter, not harder"..