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Oooh, look what showed up at my door today! Leatherwork will be started tonight :) This is what Storm Crow, the guy who forged the blades, had to say about them: "The blades were forged from the same piece of truck leaf spring. They were filed to a cutting edge and given multiple heat...

I think that all knifemakers should supply a sheath of some kind to carry their knives, unless they are safe queens, whether it be a simple Kydex sheath (very easy to make with minimal cost), a custom made leather sheath, or a modified factory sheath. It's up to you what route you want to go...

You mean you found a place here you can actually make knives that isn't in the middle of the desert? Cool blades! :P ~Noah

Wanna see what the primary blade does to a fallen mesquite tree? I know you do... How about batonning? Yeah, it does that... Fine work? You betcha... The blades are being shipped to me this week, and I will start making the carry system and post up teaser pics as I progress. ~Noah

Design and fit-and-finish are big, but I can overlook fit-and-finish to a degree if the blade has good geometry, good edge retention, and a certain ease of sharpness. I like my customs to be users :) ~Noah

Hello everyone, Not too long ago, a bladesmith by the nickname Storm Crow and I started discussing his forge-finish blades. We determined that our styles of Neo-Tribal bladesmithing and Post-Apocalyptic leatherworking seemed to compliment each other well, and from that revelation an idea was...

You rubbed enough to compress the fibers of the leather and possibly burnish the area, so yes, it will stay a different color. I dye before molding to help minimize this effect. ~Noah

Here I am out on a hike with our pup: ~Noah

That is very unfortunate--it's a very unique and interesting design, and he should be recognized for developing it, regardless of patents. I know that it doesn't necessarily mean much, but I suppose we could send our thoughts to the people at S&W? In addition, maybe the worldwide patent could...

Welcome to the pack! I'm originally from the Pekin/Morton area myself. ~Noah

Very nicely done, as always! I have to say that I, too, am curious about the process for this one, mainly because I would think that the temperature that the Kydex needs to be for molding would damage the leather. ~Noah

Are you a fan of the game Diablo? That's The Butcher's Cleaver! ~Noah

Windows 7 has its problems, but those are mostly because they moved everything around and it is difficult for XP users to adjust at first (in my opinion, anyway). That said, Vista is the new Windows ME--it is a horrible chunk of code, and Microsoft is going to pretend like they never made it :P...

It'll work fine for belts and leashes, but if you want nice edges on them you will need Edge Kote. ~Noah

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304 please! Thanks for the chance! ~Noah

Bump again :)

Thanks! I actually use a backgrounding stamp that you can get from Tandy, I just use it at varying angles to get the patterns I want. I also have one more trick, but I'll keep that one to myself :P ~Noah

Thanks guys! Billy--do you mean the pitted areas? I use black in the pitted areas, and use varying amounts of brown dye depending on how dark or light I want certain areas to be. ~Noah

Hello Everyone, This is a sheath I just finished for a knife made by Ray Laconico. It is a high-ride Apocalyptic Survivor style sheath with a locking welt, made of 7-9oz horsehide and hand-stitched with hemp thread. Thanks for looking! ~Noah