(and such) Recent works

[kaizo]

Hi everyone

I've been away for a while for various reasons but here is what I have been up to:

Round knife sheath (horse hide), turned out a bit crooked but its for personal use so as long its functional its ok for me.

Key case for a friend, I used a softer part of the latigo side to make it more pliable when using it but it backfired as the stamping stretched the leather disproportionally. I will use a tougher part of the leather for stamping in future.

Now that the coy sun is finally out I needed a tan belt to go with my summer shoes!

Please let me know what you think. Thanks for reading!

 

[BillNye]

Nice work! Who is the maker of the round knife?

 

[Horsewright]

Very cool Kai! Good deal nice work.

 

[kaizo]

Thanks Bill and Horsewright!

The round knife is Al Stohlman's. If you're thinking of buying one though you might want to ask Dave if you can buy one of his. His one has a nice asymmetric pointy head that looks much easier to do a hairpin curve. It's a feature I wish I had after using my current one.

 

[Horsewright]

Kaizo on the roundknife sheath. Do you have a belt sander? Just a very light touch after stitching, on the belt sander would even out those warbles/unevenness. Then edge and rub as normal.

 

[kaizo]

Ah I haven't tried that yet! I bought one for knife making but its been collecting dust more than my vacuum cleaner. I'm making a sheath at the moment so I'll give that a go now. Thanks for your help again

 

[Horsewright]

You bet!

 

[kaizo]

It worked! Thanks Dave!

The knife is a Busse Active duty battle grade. Its a nice handy companion knife to have

 

[Horsewright]

Good deal and its not too late on the roundknife sheath either although ya might have to re edge. anytime two or more layers come to gether I sand.

 

[kaizo]

Will do thank you! Thanks for your help again

 

[Horsewright]

Anytime.