I started this in October and called it done in early February. It's for our neighbor who watched our dogs while we were gone for a couple months for my wife to have a baby. He agreed to let me pay him in knife. It was a long time to be gone so I was glad to purchase a good blade and give him a (relatively) rare handle and sheath for it. He's not local and might move soon so I thought a Caribou handle would give him good memory of the place.
I'm pretty confident of the handle construction. The tang has all thread hi- temp silver soldered to it with a nut attached to the butt cap the same way. Tightened up nice. It's about the look I've been trying to achieve. Just starting out and buying blades this about number five for me. And this is my first sheath. Thanks for the WIPs, other good advice on the forum, and links to videos. They helped tremendously. Hope you like.
Damascus blade purchased from KD
Caribou handle
Nickel silver guard, spacers, and butt cap
5/32 copper pin
Caribou leather sheath with Nickel silver rivets
I had a few questions along the way and would like to run them by some of you all. I'll follow this up with them and more pictures.
Luke
I'm pretty confident of the handle construction. The tang has all thread hi- temp silver soldered to it with a nut attached to the butt cap the same way. Tightened up nice. It's about the look I've been trying to achieve. Just starting out and buying blades this about number five for me. And this is my first sheath. Thanks for the WIPs, other good advice on the forum, and links to videos. They helped tremendously. Hope you like.
Damascus blade purchased from KD
Caribou handle
Nickel silver guard, spacers, and butt cap
5/32 copper pin
Caribou leather sheath with Nickel silver rivets
I had a few questions along the way and would like to run them by some of you all. I'll follow this up with them and more pictures.
Luke