Recent content by Oldnretired

Durability is what you want for wood exposed to the elements. Durability and density or hardness are different. When describing durability in wood, resistance to rot equals durability regardless of the density or hardness of the wood. Think of redwood vs oak. Oak is much harder and denser but...

Nice visual flow of the damascus pattern into the bolster/handle. The thin black spacers inbetween the stainless spacers ties the handle to the blade in a very nice way. As I mentioned before on one of your knives, I really like the transition from blade to ricasso. The middle spacers in the...

I like the transition fron blade to ricasso. It looks like it was designed to keep the base of the bolster clean of debris. Good design.

I know this is a late answer but I think it might be a Boker subsidiary (German) by the logo on the sheath. It very well be from a military unit issued when bayonets were scarce and/or a fighting knife was preferable. I'm not sure but the materials and design says Boker military style to me.

I see you have them up for auction. I don't do any work in micarta but I'll keep an eye on your auctions. I might just change my mind.

Found the other two. Once I make the sheaths I'll post some pictures. Might be awhile. I will make sheaths for all three. The Golden Boar sheath is a complicated thing and I'll keep it but want to make sheaths in a simpler style for all three. Maybe with a Sam Brown stud(s) and a simple frog...

A little late on this reply. Apologies. The handle design looks French to me. I have seen several old French knives with similar handle shapes. Never one with a blade within blade though. Very cool knife !

I really like the way that one pin highlights the whole design. It draws my eye right to it in a good way. Visually connecting the bolster to the handle.

Glad to be of help. I have a different model Kershaw assisted open knife and it's usually with me if I'm out of the house. Very handy to open with one hand when the other one is busy.

That's the sheath. Pictures if the knife would help alot.

Appears to be a Kershaw Scallion assisted opening. Polyamide handle tells me it's an early one as the later ones had aluminum handles. They were introduced in 2001 at the S.H.O.T. show. If not a scallion, one of the "Fresh Onion" series put out by Kershaw back then. I believe it's a...

I found this Hen & Rooster knife I forgot about. I realized why when I looked closer, lousy sheath. Poorly made and I could pull the knife out with the snap closed. Well I'm no leather worker and have only a rotary leather punch and a couple of small punches but do have leather. A utility...

The opposite here in central Washington state. Above freezing for the next 11 days, then barely after that. All muddy out here in the boonies. That will probably mean 2 mud seasons.......UGH. It's unusual and will probably mean lots of bugs and rodents next summer. Not enough hard freezing...

Yes as Ed said don't pluck the foam. I had my wife make slipcovers (think pillowcase) for the foam inserts out of cotton flannel. They keep any wax oil etc off of the foam and can be removed and washed if necessary. I also don't really trust the foam against my guns/knives for long term storage...

Thank You. If I look long enough I want to find the others next, if the price is right. I may have to bite the bullet and find out what I can about the origional sheaths and try to reproduce them. It seems the other golden series are even harder to find with sheaths.....Patience. The Golden...