Johans "pouting"

[JohanB]

I just needed to take a pic of this:

http://outdoors.free.fr/images/T_Johan_fancyslire.jpg

http://outdoors.free.fr/images/T_Johan_fancyslirekniv.jpg

The sheath is raw hide leather with pouting coloured red. The rest of the sheath is black. I think you can see that :biggthump

The handle is curly birch coloured light brown and dark brown. Gives a great effect(in my oppinion though).

So waddya think? All comments are VERY appreciated :D

Cheers

[JohanB]

http://outdoors.free.fr/images/Johan_fancyslire.jpg

http://outdoors.free.fr/images/Johan_fancyslirekniv.jpg

and finally some overviews

[JohanB]

is it that ugly nobody make a reply :crying: :D

[Kevin]

is it that ugly nobody make a reply :crying: :D

Your pouting is very good, as are your sheaths, knives, handles etc...but, to be honest, I dont like the colour...but maybe its the photo?, it looks a bit too pink for me....otherwise I like it.

[JohanB]

its not finished coloured kev, and yeah its a bit pink at the moment, but the pic makes it even worse. Where are you Jon Baron :biggthump

[narsil]

A thing I discovered by a combination of luck and lazyness is that 'ox blood' coloured shoe polish works really well as a red colouring for sheaths. It seems to be rather more subtle than the red dyes which tend to get used on skandi sheaths, and you can darken it to your liking by applying layers of black or brown over the top.

Of course this is purely a matter of personal taste, the sheath itself is excellent and so, as always, is the handle. Its difficult to come up with a decorative design which works well on a sheath, especially a small one and you have succeeded admirably.

:biggthump

[Dave Barker]

I tend not to "Paut" much on the blade part of the sheath anymore.

I found that it was very easy to make this part " sink" It looks like this has happened on yours too. if you look you can see a raised area at the upper side of where the pauting begins.

id the intention is to indeed have this area sunken then it should be left like this ( I refer to your earlier two tones sheath)

Personal opinion on this is that the lines towards the blade belly is too wide and may have looked better thinning down and fading.

I don't know mate.. sometimes less is more..

[Trond]

I like it johan, i agree that it looks a litle pink, but heck, there is a lot of girls out there that love pink, so why not? :rolleyes:

[Dave Barker]

I just want to add johan that I am not just picking holes.

The amount of work needed in that sheath is massive. I have tried on one of my earler knives.

But criticism in itself does not need to be taken either possitivly or negatively... It is what you do with the critisism received that is important.

I personally would much rather say what I mean where it is public, that way people get to either agree of disagree as they feel fit.

[JohanB]

I like it johan, i agree that it looks a litle pink, but heck, there is a lot of girls out there that love pink, so why not? :rolleyes:

And i know loads of girls :D

[Danzo]

Hi Johan

I know :censored: all about making sheaths, and yours always look good to me but may I offer one small idea?

It isn't so much that the sheath is too colourful, it is that the sheath does not go with the natural wood knife handle. If the handle was of a very dark, almost black wood or horn the effect would be much more dramatic. The handle and sheath would look like one piece, with the red colour highlighting the whole design.

Just my thought!

:biggthump

Danzo

[TGW]

Nice piece of work JohanB. :)
Red and black are colours that makes big contrast to each other. Therefore I agree with Danzo. This sheath does not go with the natural wood of the knife handle. "You get a third colour there that makes the contrast even bigger". A darker coloured "pouted pattern" would reduce this contrast. My personal opinion only. ;)
Another personal taste af mine is that the sheath should cover more of the handle. An old knifemaker told me his "golden rule" about this. The handle should have the thickest point between 1/3 to 1/2 of the handle, blade end. The sheath should cover 2/3 of the handle. If you make it this way you can hear a "click" when you put the knife in the sheath which ensure the knife never to fall out. :biggthump