Camp and Carry Knife - forged
Here we have a classic camping knife.
I kept the design simple, using a leaf spring I forged to shape and ground to finish. The spring had a mounting hole it that landed right where I wanted the tang to be, so I carefully fit a piece of brass into it and silver brazed it into place. I then drilled out the 3/8’’ stainless rivets and set them into the Ironwood handle scales.
Unfortunately, the ironwood cracked in the process so i filled in the cracks with epoxy and clamped the life out of it. It seems to be holding well and looks respectable, but I’ve cut the price in half due to the defect.
The sheath is a classic passive retention design, and set up to be work on a belt of 1 1/2’’ or smaller. it’s a veg-tanned leather that I cut to shape, wet formed and left undyed. I used and simple leather finish of bear grease and beeswax, which deepened the natural color of the leather and has excellent water proofing qualities.
Measurements:
8’’ sheathed
7 3/4’’ total knife
3 1/2’’ blade length
3/32’’ blade thickness at thickest point in the spine
Here we have a classic camping knife.
I kept the design simple, using a leaf spring I forged to shape and ground to finish. The spring had a mounting hole it that landed right where I wanted the tang to be, so I carefully fit a piece of brass into it and silver brazed it into place. I then drilled out the 3/8’’ stainless rivets and set them into the Ironwood handle scales.
Unfortunately, the ironwood cracked in the process so i filled in the cracks with epoxy and clamped the life out of it. It seems to be holding well and looks respectable, but I’ve cut the price in half due to the defect.
The sheath is a classic passive retention design, and set up to be work on a belt of 1 1/2’’ or smaller. it’s a veg-tanned leather that I cut to shape, wet formed and left undyed. I used and simple leather finish of bear grease and beeswax, which deepened the natural color of the leather and has excellent water proofing qualities.
Measurements:
8’’ sheathed
7 3/4’’ total knife
3 1/2’’ blade length
3/32’’ blade thickness at thickest point in the spine
Here we have a classic camping knife.
I kept the design simple, using a leaf spring I forged to shape and ground to finish. The spring had a mounting hole it that landed right where I wanted the tang to be, so I carefully fit a piece of brass into it and silver brazed it into place. I then drilled out the 3/8’’ stainless rivets and set them into the Ironwood handle scales.
Unfortunately, the ironwood cracked in the process so i filled in the cracks with epoxy and clamped the life out of it. It seems to be holding well and looks respectable, but I’ve cut the price in half due to the defect.
The sheath is a classic passive retention design, and set up to be work on a belt of 1 1/2’’ or smaller. it’s a veg-tanned leather that I cut to shape, wet formed and left undyed. I used and simple leather finish of bear grease and beeswax, which deepened the natural color of the leather and has excellent water proofing qualities.
Measurements:
8’’ sheathed
7 3/4’’ total knife
3 1/2’’ blade length
3/32’’ blade thickness at thickest point in the spine