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done some preparation…

…for the weekend πŸ™‚

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just hoping it will end up into a nice leathersheath πŸ™‚

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started to dye…

…the leathersheath on this one, which blade I hasn’t seen for a long time πŸ˜‰

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useing a small brush at the details and a bigger one for the rest of the sheath πŸ™‚

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so at last I’m able to se the blade πŸ™‚

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I think I need some practise…

…before I starrt to sew the leathersheats for this two knifes πŸ™‚

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so I started with just a half leathersheath πŸ˜‰Β  and this knife has been waiting for a sheath for about four months 😦

but I’ll make it easy for me and make it in shaftleather πŸ™‚

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whoops! I was lucky to se this in time πŸ™‚

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hopefully I’ll dyed this oneΒ  tomorrow πŸ™‚Β  must say it has been a good practise for me today πŸ™‚

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why not make two…

…woodenliners?Β Β since I’ve got two knifes just waiting to get dressed, I thoughtΒ πŸ™‚

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and here they are hanging on the wall after aΒ hot bath in linseed-oil.

just for me to wait a week till the oil has harden, before I can start with the leathersheaths.

 

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and here’s a photo of the knifes that are waiting for there sheaths πŸ™‚

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something has been done…

…during the weekend πŸ™‚

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the plug is in place, not so big, but it’s a small knife πŸ˜‰

 

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there is still some small adjustings to do, but soon it’s time for me to start thinking of the leatherwork πŸ˜‰

 

 

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not very mutch…

…is done today, just a little plug for the hole in the back of the handle πŸ™‚

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it dosn’t matter…

…a big knife or a small knife, it still take time for me πŸ˜‰

but at least here is some photos of the progress of a small knife πŸ™‚

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something to fill up the hole withΒ πŸ™‚

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I’m getting closer and closer till it’s time for the leatherwork πŸ˜‰

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and this is…

…what I’ve done today πŸ™‚

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tinspacers and vulcanfiber.

 

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24 hours epoxi.

 

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and this is whats holding it together πŸ˜‰

 

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and now it’s just waiting for my files πŸ˜‰

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just some photos…

…of what I’ve done today πŸ™‚

 

all the pieces

 

wet sanding the front of the bolster

wet sanding

 

and the bolster is glued in place πŸ™‚

bolster glued

 

just the other parts of the handle left to glue πŸ™‚

not glued yet

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today I started…

…to build a knife πŸ™‚ since I hasn’t made any knives for a while, I thought that I start with a small one πŸ˜‰

a very nice little blade in mars-steel, grinded by Robert Mattsson is just perfect πŸ™‚

and some purple birch burl and a black pice of crosscut masurbirch for the handle πŸ™‚

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here we go…

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