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2 hours ago, Rbarleatherworks said:

Amazing... absolutely beautiful ... Love the Blue one :-)

Curious how do you attach the leather to the Silver?

That was done to start with 2 pieces of wood routed out to receive the blade nicely then attached together. After that I sanded down until I liked the shape in relation to the knife and the thickness of croc  that covers it. The tip and the other end were left short in the covering and from there Morrie made his silver pieces and trimmed the excess croc to the shape. The silver parts are then araldited and pinned onto the wooden section just covering slightly a little of the croc skin. Best as I can remember on that one. Some of them were really quite detailed in the making. 

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I used to meet Morrie every year at the Adelaide Knife show, real good bloke. Shouldn't be too hard to find another knifemaker to work with, there's always plenty from Qld at the shows, and I suspect many would love to work with someone who can do the sort of stuff you do Brian. ;)

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1 hour ago, dikman said:

I used to meet Morrie every year at the Adelaide Knife show, real good bloke. Shouldn't be too hard to find another knifemaker to work with, there's always plenty from Qld at the shows, and I suspect many would love to work with someone who can do the sort of stuff you do Brian. ;)

Small world isn't it. I still miss him a lot, as you say... he was a real good bloke. Loaned me $10,000 when I got into ostrich products manufacturing many years back but of course I then had to give his work priority at least until I paid him back. You never seen someone so unhappy to get his money back.:huh:. It didn't really change though as I still did my best when I could for him. You know ...he never told me he won all those years in a row or that he ever won anything at all. I only found that out at at his funeral where of all things they had a big screen showing all of his knives and awards. I had to leave a bit early :no: 

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On ‎5‎/‎13‎/‎2019 at 8:19 PM, chuck123wapati said:

moisten the leather slide the knife in and mold it then let it dry with the wrapped knife in it

I made a sheath using this method. I found it did not work out very well because it bellied out both, the front and the back of the sheath, rather than leaving the sheath flat-backed to sit against the wearers body.

Any sheaths I make in the future, I will be wet forming the front of the sheath around the 'plastic covered knife' before assembly. This will of course necessitate the front of the sheath being made oversize, then cut and sanded to match the back of the sheath after assembly. 

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7 hours ago, Rockoboy said:

I made a sheath using this method. I found it did not work out very well because it bellied out both, the front and the back of the sheath, rather than leaving the sheath flat-backed to sit against the wearers body.

Any sheaths I make in the future, I will be wet forming the front of the sheath around the 'plastic covered knife' before assembly. This will of course necessitate the front of the sheath being made oversize, then cut and sanded to match the back of the sheath after assembly. 

yup you can do it either way that suits you but Its kind of hard to just wet mold the front of a fold over type sheath that I was talking about.

Worked in a prison for 30 years if I aint shiny every time I comment its no big deal, I just don't wave pompoms.

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8 hours ago, chuck123wapati said:

Its kind of hard to just wet mold the front of a fold over type sheath

Yes, that would be difficult. My apologies for missing that point.

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Brian

 

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13 hours ago, Rockoboy said:

Yes, that would be difficult. My apologies for missing that point.

no harm no foul friend by the way your sheaths are top notch much better than mine wish I had croc skin to work with, I have rattle snake when I come across one fishin. lol

Worked in a prison for 30 years if I aint shiny every time I comment its no big deal, I just don't wave pompoms.

“I won’t be wronged, I won’t be insulted, and I won’t be laid a hand on. I don’t do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.” THE DUKE!

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On ‎5‎/‎19‎/‎2019 at 8:44 PM, chuck123wapati said:

your sheaths are top notch

Thank you for saying that, but I believe you have me confused with @RockyAussie. His work is ALL immaculate, some of mine is fit for purpose, and some of mine will never see the light of day.

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Brian

 

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27 minutes ago, Rockoboy said:

Thank you for saying that, but I believe you have me confused with @RockyAussie. His work is ALL immaculate, some of mine is fit for purpose, and some of mine will never see the light of day.

LMAO!! I'm a dummy. sorry yea mine aren't great works of art but functional and meant to be used.

 

Worked in a prison for 30 years if I aint shiny every time I comment its no big deal, I just don't wave pompoms.

“I won’t be wronged, I won’t be insulted, and I won’t be laid a hand on. I don’t do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.” THE DUKE!

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1 minute ago, chuck123wapati said:

LMAO!! I'm a dummy.

No harm, no foul. Play on.

P.S. I hope @RockyAussie perceives no harm. :whistle:

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Brian

 

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