First forged knife and first rawhide sheath

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Hat's off to all that are willing to help others.



A Rawhide sheath that I made for my forged camp knife that I finished a few days ago. This is my first forged knife and my first rawhide sheath. I used John Cohea's rawhide sheath tutorial for guidance on the sheath.
The brain tanned buckskin fringe is from the hide of a deer that my son took last year and I tanned the hide using the primitive way. I made lye from white oak wood ashes and used the brains of the deer to tan the hide.
I used Fiebing's Antique Leather Stain in Saddle Tan to stain the rawhide, stitched with dark brown waxed Nyltex.


The front before it was finished


the back


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the back

Excellent job on that- looks like a period piece to me, especially the sheath.

Looks great.

Thanks fellers!! That is what I was going for "a rustic, period looking" functional knife. So I have accomplished my goal so to speak. Thanks again!

I used the knife this weekend to flesh a beaver hide and am using it today to "skin" the bark off of a tree so that I can make me a new fleshing beam.
It's being put to use everyday for different things, like chopping up wood to make kindling, chopping up pine needles for pine needle tea, cutting up onions, cleaning fish, etc.
So as of now I am well pleased with the knife and it's useability.