Posts: 214 Location: Houston, TX
Thu 14 Sep, 2006 6:38 am
Geez, now I really am blushing. Honestly there are so many little things that I know could have been done better. PK can tell you that I was really shy about posting pictures of my work and only his and Linda's needling made me do it. Grey, I am bringing it to Wichita, so you can see it in person and know that you can do just as well without a sweat. ;)
Al thanks for noticing the tooling work I did. That, I was rather proud of. As for the leather weights I used 2.5 oz for the scabbard and 5.5 oz for the belting. I would love to have used around a 4 oz elk for the belting but that isn't the easiest stuff to find and is expensive as...well, you know. On the seam I used the two needle method, starting from the tip. Learned several things, guessed correctly on a few tricks, and managed to make a nice seam. (Yep, I was one lucky SOB!) Here are a few in-progress shots showing the
cross-section from the throat and the sewing.
Thanks again everyone for all the compliments. Fires me up to continue refining the process, and having fun as well!!!
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Finished core ready for covering
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Throat shot
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Note the two needles - No blood!!!