Sheath for Loveless Style Hunter

[logem]

This is a sheath for a Bob Loveless inspired hunter.

The knife has a CPM S35VN tapered tang with a hand-fitted and soldered guard, buckeye burl scales, guard and scale spacers, etc.

I swivel carved the borders, taper stamped around each of the swivel knife cuts, stamped the weave pattern with a Jeremiah Watt stamp, and then finished with a Tandy border stamp. Folded, stitched, dyed, stained, and then sealed with bag kote.

The basic process is given by Charles Burrows in his instructional videos. I basically follow Al Stolman's hand stitching methods too.

In any case, I'm just copying what others have done before me.

Thank you Chuck Burrows and Al Stolman. . . and Bob Loveless, etc. Maybe they are all in the same camp?

Mike

 

[just-a-hunter]

That is a very nice sheath. One to be proud of.

Todd

 

[NC Biker]

Very nice, the sheath and knife!

 

[Salolan]

Looking good Mike! The only thing I can see that I might change would be to clean up the marks you left beveling between the border and the stitch line. Might practice "walking" the stamp(at least I think that is what it is called and I struggle with this myself whenever I try to bevel something) or you could even bevel inside the line and the border stamp would help cover.

Chris

 

[logem]

Thanks for the comments everyone.

Yes, taper stamping late at night gets challenging!

Cheers.

 

[robs456]

I like the knife a lot. The sheath is goodlooking, but did you mean to have a rustic look on the thread?
Personally I would have used a dark brown thread on this to match the borders.

 

[Horsewright]

Outstanding Mike. Knife and sheath. Have you tried a push beveller for that border? Buckeye is always cool. Grows around here.

 

[Spyder59]

Beautiful craftsmanship. Very nice stamping.


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