Laking

[keith_beef]

I've been laking about a bit this last fortnight, and came up with this:


http://klrhodes.club.fr/images/PoulStrand_blad/lying_on_side_thumb.jpg
(http://klrhodes.club.fr/images/PoulStrand_blad/lying_on_side.jpg)

It can also do a neat trick of lying on its back, without rolling over:

http://klrhodes.club.fr/images/PoulStrand_blad/lying_on_back_thumb.jpg
(http://klrhodes.club.fr/images/PoulStrand_blad/lying_on_back.jpg)

I had made a smooth bolster out of a piece of brass bar, but decided on a hammer finish to match the blade a bit better:

http://klrhodes.club.fr/images/PoulStrand_blad/bolster_close-up_thumb.jpg
(http://klrhodes.club.fr/images/PoulStrand_blad/bolster_close-up.jpg)

Oh, and here are a three pictures showing my flat sander, and close-ups of the slice of moose antler being sanded nice and flat.

http://klrhodes.club.fr/images/PoulStrand_blad/flat_sanding_thumb.jpg
(http://klrhodes.club.fr/images/PoulStrand_blad/flat_sanding.jpg)


http://klrhodes.club.fr/images/PoulStrand_blad/sawn_side_thumb.jpg
(http://klrhodes.club.fr/images/PoulStrand_blad/sawn_side.jpg)



http://klrhodes.club.fr/images/PoulStrand_blad/sanded_side_thumb.jpg
(http://klrhodes.club.fr/images/PoulStrand_blad/sanded_side.jpg)

Pictures are too dark, I know :(

Poul Strande sandwich blade, brass bolster, black vulcanized fibre, moose antler, leather spacer and zebu horn.

[Danzo]

Keith, have they turned off the power in your flat again?

:rolleyes:

Danzo

[keith_beef]

Keith, have they turned off the power in your flat again?

:rolleyes:

Danzo

Power wasn't off, though the very high winds yesterday made the lights dim quite a few times in the afternoon.

There! I've taken the photos again, with better lighting. And I polished the horn with beeswax.

Blade length is 77mm (3"), and overall length is 171mm (6.3/4"), for a weight of 120g (4.1/4oz).

KKK.

[keith_beef]

I started a sheath last night, and finshed it today.


http://klrhodes.club.fr/images/PoulStrand_blad/in_sheath_thumb.jpg
(http://klrhodes.club.fr/images/PoulStrand_blad/in_sheath.jpg)


I was trying to go for a sort of "mini woodlore" look, but at that size, a firesteel holder wood have looked out of place.

KKK.

[Andy]

how big is it?

[keith_beef]

how big is it?

The sheath? Just a bit shorter and a bit wider than the knife.

That is, 6" long, and 2.1/2" wide at the widest part (the "tab").

I really need to get a bit of decent leather. something that will stiffen and shrink at it dries. I wet-moulded this sheath, but the leather stayed supple and didn't shrink at all. It was in a bag of offcuts that my wife got me, along with some leatherworking tools, last year.

I hot-dipped it in beeswax; that has stiffened it a little, but it is still too flexible.

Oh, well. At least it was useful for the stitching practise.

KKK.

[Trond]

Ilike the knife, very well ballanced, dont know about the sheath though, i think a scandi sheath would be better on this one :)