This one is the first, I made it with intent of being a nice little knife for cutting up leather. A nice small blade, with an almost squared off point for cutting down into the leather. You'll notice the bevels aren't the same on both sides. That was intentional, I like the look of a flat above the bevel, so I stopped the bevel partway on the side I put my mark, and on the other ran it all the way up to help thin down the blade more (not traditional I know, but I wanted to try it).
Any thoughts/critiques are as always desired.
1084 blade
Stabilized mesquite burl handle (found it in a bargain box at Blade last year, can't believe how nice it looks)
and a kydex sheath to keep it safe with my other leatherworking tools (my first kydex working, nice stuff).
almost looks like ben potters "dwarven-head seax" very cool design, love the handle...and the uneven bevel shouldnt affect function unless youre working with very thick saddle leather, maybe not even then.
ReplyDelete-The Metal One, a fellow bladesmith/instructables enthusiast.