Morland Picture Gallery

[Randy Lucius]

Lately I have not felt like working on any knives. Today I woke up and had inspiration to finish a few up. It is unusual for me to have multiple knives to take pictures of at the same time.

Love all three of these. I am certainly proud of the "Morland" knife that I own. Wouldn't take anything for it.

 

[opaul]

Thank you Dennis.

 

[Dennis Morland]

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Love all three of these. I am certainly proud of the "Morland" knife that I own. Wouldn't take anything for it.
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Randy - I could of sold your knife at least a dozen times. I still get asked about it. What has it been ... 2 years???

 

[Dennis Morland]

A new blade finished for a law enforcement buddy of mine. A thin blue line was the theme. 1095 carbon steel blade, moose antler scales, brass bolsters, spacer and pins, mosaic front pin, rounded the top of the blade towards the tip, basketweave stamped sheath, stars and blue braiding. It is a surprise birthday gift from his wife/family. Hope he loves it.

 

[Dennis Morland]

I forgot to mention that soundmind sent me the moose antler. First time I have used moose antler scales. I really like using it. Way less pith than deer or elk that I have used on past knives. Thank you, soundmind!!

 

[Dennis Morland]

Another moose knife handled knife. This one was given to me by a buddy of mine that went hunting in Alaska. He drug back a weathered shed and I harvested a tip. It was darkened in black Fiebings leather dye for a few days. Came out a smoky grey color. A fillet knife made from 440c. Moose tip handle with buffalo horn spacers, stainless guard, pin, and spacers. A very nice mosaic pin in the butt cap. A rare unstamped dangler sheath. Braiding on the edging. I cannot remember the last plain sheath that I have made without a single stamp. Weird.

 

[Dennis Morland]

A couple more pictures.

 

[Dennis Morland]

I have been busy with life. But, I finished up this knife/sheath today. 1095 full tang, black linen micarta, black/tan g10 spacers, mosaic pin, copper pins, tan sheath, black round braid.

 

[Chris Railey]

I have been saving some stag scales for the correct knife. How did you get your pins flush with the handle without killing the bark? I thought about using hidden pins but then people assume there are no pins and therefore low quality. Great job De-Mo

 

[Dennis Morland]

I have been saving some stag scales for the correct knife. How did you get your pins flush with the handle without killing the bark? I thought about using hidden pins but then people assume there are no pins and therefore low quality. Great job De-Mo

Before I ever put on epoxy, I finish one side of the pin. I usually pick the side that would be the most difficult to finish if I used a longer pin. Like in a depression or valley. When I epoxy, I try to get that side of the pin placed exactly where I want it placed or as close as possible. By doing this, I try to eliminate having to sand and shape that pin too much after it is in place. On the opposite side, I use a Dremel with a diamond bit/burr/or two to get the pin as close as possible. Then carefully finish with sand paper. It is not perfect, you will lose some bark. Just try to make it look as neat as possible.

 

[Greg Rice]

You do very good work Dennis - knives and sheathes both look amazing - I will have some leather questions for you soon. Dang you guys do good work.

 

[Dennis Morland]

Another knife completed. A small hunter. This one is made from 1095, black micarta, gold G10, and brass pins. My understanding is the US Army official colors are black and gold. For the third year I will be giving a knife to a veteran at my local DU banquet. Thank you veterans!!

 

[Dennis Morland]

My 2020 KITH knife for Daniel Macina. I need to post it here to keep the streak going. I post every knife on KD. Good or bad. It gets posted. Hope you like your new knife Daniel.

 

[MTBob]

Knife is made from 1075. 5 inch blade and 5 inch handle. Handle is African Blackwood. 416 SS guard, butt cap and 1/16 pin. Rounded spine on the blade. Guard is filed. Butt cap is filed. Mosaic pin in butt cap with brass highlight. Brass highlight inserted into the guard. Tooled black leather sheath with leather lacing. US Marine concho attached. I learned something...the emblem is called a EGA (Eagle, Globe, Anchor). Makes sense to me. Here are the pictures.

Dennis, the sound you just heard is my jaw dropping & hitting the keyboard - all of these knives you just posted are stunning, wow, nice work! I particularly like the USMC model. Where did you get the EGA Concho?

 

[Dennis Morland]

Dennis, the sound you just heard is my jaw dropping & hitting the keyboard - all of these knives you just posted are stunning, wow, nice work! I particularly like the USMC model. Where did you get the EGA Concho?

Bob
It is a Tandy regular. Also find them at Hobby Lobby. Right at $5.00.
Dennis

 

[Dennis Morland]

Probably my last knife in 2020. 1075, ironwood scales, no liner, brass pins. Roughly 10.5 inches overall length. Sheath is veg tan dyed buckskin with tan inserts with a brass snap. Hand stitched with orange waxed thread.

 

[Sean Jones]

Very nice Dennis!

 

[Dennis Morland]

Here is a knife that I made with my 15 year old son. He made it for a school project. Have not seen his grade but, he should pass. Black palm handles, brass pins, brass 3/4 guard, He did a pretty good job.

 

[Dennis Morland]

Here is the best sheath that I made in 2020.

 

[Dennis Morland]

Here is the best secret. The knife started its life as a 14 inch Nicholson file. Probably from the 1940-1950’s. Best guess. My son needed to make the knife fit into a science project so he recycled the material (file) and then created the hamon. He needed to give a 5 minute talk about the project. Heat treating was the ticket. He made a video and the other students thought it was cool.

He left the entire spine of the knife with the filing marks from the file.