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Nice! That hamon on the top knife is outstanding!

I'm curious as I don't know, but won't the acetone take all of the natural oils out of the leather?

I wear reading glasses sometimes. I tried it one time with reading glasses and it was a bit tight but doable. Once I started working I hardly noticed it. YMMV. I think it's going to depend to some extent on your particular frames.

I have one of these and it's the most comfortable respirator I've ever used. For someone who needs or wants a full face respirator this is an excellent deal.

Gorgeous!

Great looking knife!

To narrow down your search some. Any book by Murray Carter. The "$50 dollar knife shop" has already been mentioned. A bit dated in my opinion, but it still has good information. "Knife Making Hacks" by Jason Fry is also a good one. Jason is also a member here on KnifeDogs. His book is on my...

Another beauty!

Here's the link for Larrin Thomas' book Knife Engineering on Amazon. It's quite useful, though if you are new to knife making it can be a bit demanding. If you do a search on Amazon for knife making you will find many titles. Also USAKnifemaker, who sponsors this website, has a number of books...

Thanks for the information opaul. I have a few ideas for leather handles also.

Is that Rocado Leather? I did a look up on rocadleather and it leads me to Rocado leather which is in Italy and shows only Cordovan leather and Horsefront?

Interesting idea. I might try that. Your results look good.

My understanding of having two ends is when one becomes dull you can switch to the other side and continue your work before you have to stop to sharpen. That's how I've used mine anyway. The belly of the blade I use mostly for skiving, though it can certainly be used for cutting as well.

Congratulations!

I like it. Looks pretty cool!

Good catch! That should keep those nasty leaves at a distance!;)

What are you using it in the kitchen for? Anything in particular? Dicing? I just posted the leather knife you asked about earlier"What's going on in your shop" thread. But here it is again. I don't know if that's what you have in mind or not. I like your design, though I think I would want...

It has various names. I suppose Leather knife is most descriptive, as that is what it is mostly used for. Here is the knife out of it's sheath. As you can see it needs a lot of clean up. Rattling around in my leather tools without a sheath it got pretty banged up . Hence the sheath.

It's been too cold here to do much out in the shop. So I've been doing some leather work. Here is a sheath I made for a head knife that I've had for a while.

Beautiful!