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G'day All

made my first knife sheath for a leather knife I bought on a recent trip to Japan.

Just something simple to stop the knife edge cutting things on my work bench (me). I had a piece of stamped leather laying around so I glued a welt inbetween and slicked up the edges. Not stitched as shouldnt be subject to any hard wear. 

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Ooooo! That is a pretty knife. Is it for skiving?

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Cutting leather, and also skiving I guess if I was good enough lol

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19 hours ago, noobleather said:

Not stitched

Ahhh ya mug! Stitch that thing!

Kindest regards

Brian

 

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22 hours ago, ScoobyNewbie said:

Ooooo! That is a pretty knife. Is it for skiving?

That is a Japanese skiving knife. As the OP says, he bought on a recent trip to Japan. I have one and just can't get used to skiving with it; I end up going back to my regular skivers.

Thats a nice looking sheath for it too

Al speling misteaks aer all mi own werk..

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Hahaha yeah will get round to it stitching it Rokoboy.

Can skive and cut with it.But my skiving skills aren't that good.it was cheap and I bought it along with some kitchen knives from a lovely 74 year old lady in a shop that was 70 years old.

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Search YouTube for 'Japanese Leather Knife' There are several videos showing these types of knives and how they are used

I have one, and use it mainly for straight cuts and skiving. Many people find them a bit strange to use at first, but they're OK once you get the hang of them

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I have one I use only for skiving. The offset handle adds for a nice knuckle clearance when running close perpendicular to your cutting surface.  I don't think I can use a safety beveler or super skiver from tandy anymore lol

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