Leatherworking Tool Caddy

[CraftyNick]

That looks really nice!  More than a good fix to the problem.

[Sheilajeanne]

On 12/5/2016 at 10:17 AM, VTleather09 said:

That is so awesome...WAAAAAYYY better than my 2x4 pine board with drill holes. 

Yeah, I have one of those, too! Piece of 2x4...hey, but it keeps things organized. Only problem is I keep buying news stamps, so I have to drill more holes, and redo the labels every couple of months. Luckily, I left room for expanstion... :D

[Handmadewhips]

So Nice!  Way Cool!

[OLDNSLOW]

Well, tell me about ---- the round knife sitting on the table, which one of the vendors made that and how do you like it?

Thanks

[bikermutt07]

If I remember correctly, he made that knife himself. 

[OLDNSLOW]

ok I don't recall if I read that or not.

Thanks

[Harry Marinakis]

On ‎1‎/‎8‎/‎2017 at 7:33 PM, OLDNSLOW said:

Well, tell me about ---- the round knife sitting on the table, which one of the vendors made that and how do you like it?

Thanks

I made that round knife myself.

I made a wood model, and played around with sizes and styles until I found something that I liked, and fit in my hand. It started out looking like a normal round knife, but I didn't see a need for one side so I cut it off - hence the lop-sided look.

I used an angle grinder to cut the knife out of an old circular saw blade. You have to work very slowly to avoid heating up the metal - otherwise you ruin the temper.

Then I just just drilled a couple of holes in the tang, glued on some wood and stuck in a couple of handle pins through.

The hardest part was grinding the edge bevel. Eventually I found it was easiest to do it all by hand on a coarse oil stone.

I use this round knife for cutting long straight lines, a job at which it excels.

Edited February 28, 2017 by Harry Marinakis

[Hillbilly tim]

On 12/2/2016 at 0:23 PM, Pauls Leather said:

Ok.  FIne. I'll buy one.............seriously though that's very nice for keeping things organized. 

Buy one..... I'll buy that one!!! I thought he was gonna be making leather working tools not furniture! 

 

Great Job

[Bodean]

On 2/28/2017 at 0:48 AM, Harry Marinakis said:

I made that round knife myself.

 

That is a cool knife. I have old circular saw blades. I am a carpenter by trade. I have thrown so many away. I never thought about making a knife out of one. Sigh, another iron to add to the fire. I have to do this.

 

Edited March 5, 2017 by Bodean
too many words

[DJole]

On 2/27/2017 at 9:48 PM, Harry Marinakis said:

I made that round knife myself.

I made a wood model, and played around with sizes and styles until I found something that I liked, and fit in my hand. It started out looking like a normal round knife, but I didn't see a need for one side so I cut it off - hence the lop-sided look.

I used an angle grinder to cut the knife out of an old circular saw blade. You have to work very slowly to avoid heating up the metal - otherwise you ruin the temper.

Then I just just drilled a couple of holes in the tang, glued on some wood and stuck in a couple of handle pins through.

The hardest part was grinding the edge bevel. Eventually I found it was easiest to do it all by hand on a coarse oil stone.

I use this round knife for cutting long straight lines, a job at which it excels.

You were channeling these historic knives, apparently: <http://www.knifenetwork.com/forum/showthread.php?t=33543>