Thanks pat.... I'v temperd the blade to be a little bit harder than usual on this one, it holds a razor edge longer that way... i made it for my dads birthday... he,l be useing it to cut rope and mono-filament netting... he makes fishing nets.
he should only have to touch the edge up once a week, rather than every 5 minutes like the mundial pairing knife thing that he currently has been useing.
As for a sheath, (he wont use one anyway).... i dont sheath any of my knives... if a customer wants a sheath for the knife i make them, they have to commision another craftsmen to make them one.... like the old days.... it keeps everyone in work.
All my knives come wrapped in a peice of thick cotton thats been soaked in lanolin... it preserves the steel better than leather.... i,m no good at leather work anyway.... lol