Leather wrapped knife handle and sheath

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I had an interesting commisson this fall to make a stout bushcraft knife. The lady who wanted me to make her one had a main request that the handle was orange. I had a knife in progress that I fudged up on sanding the handle. This was a perfect excuse to use some orange leather that I had in stock and finish the knife I started without making a complete new handle.

The knife is made from an old file and the inside of the handle is birch http://s135.photobucket.com/albums/q136/Nu...nt=100_0231.jpg

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Now the sheath is a new story for me. I wanted to try something differnt. So I sandwiched a slice of white pine with 2 slices aof padduk wood with the white pine allready carved to accept teh knife blade.

After this was epoxied togather I Reinforced some garment leather with some stiff linning leather and formed it to the shape of the knife handle. Where the seams are I applique braded wiht some white artificial sinue thread to hold it togather.

The only thing hoding the wrapped leather togather arround the handle is one jean button.

The leather wrap was epoxied to the back of the wooden sheath then tacked with shoe repair tacks while the epoxie was still wet. To finnish it off a little leather cord which is also handy to have spare when in the wilderness hiking.

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I hope you enjoy checking it out as I did making it.

[Shorts]

The two are beautiful! Nicework!