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Post by CraigC on Jun 25, 2016 18:03:59 GMT -5
From the very beginning, this was the kind of work I wanted to learn how to do. So this, my first beaded knife sheath, is about three years in the making. I've drawn up patterns three times, started two other beaded panels and put it off several times. Until now. I drew up the pattern, cut it out, cleaned it up and started the beadwork months ago and just worked on it as I found time. Couple weeks ago I decided to get serious and finish it. While Chuck Burrows' videos helped me immensely with making holsters and knife sheaths, a lot of this I had to figure out on my own. There are books and videos on beadwork and knife sheaths but nobody shows you how to actually put a beaded knife sheath together. I've put more time into this sheath than full belt and holster rigs. After many hours of toil, it is finally finished. The body of the sheath is 8-9oz vegetable tanned cowhide from the most flea-bitten, scar covered hide I've ever seen, carved in a crosshatch/quilted pattern. The metal spots are antique brass. The cuff is deerskin. The stitching was all done with artificial sinew. The smaller pound beads are modern Czech made. The larger beads are a mixture of modern trade beads, crow beads and antique red padre beads. The tin cones were antiqued with muriatic acid and peroxide. The bone hair pipes were also antiqued. The fringe and tin cones are decorated with black horse hair. No less than four colors of both water and alcohol based dyes were used on the various components. All in all, I think it turned out pretty good.  Beadwork detail.  Fringe detail.  Stitching detail.   The knife in question is a 5" clip point from ML Knives.  |
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Post by cmh on Jun 25, 2016 18:07:05 GMT -5
That looks fantastic Craig!!!!!
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Post by cddogfan1 on Jun 25, 2016 18:09:17 GMT -5
Matt makes great knives. And the sheath looks great too.
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Post by 500fksjr on Jun 26, 2016 19:23:05 GMT -5
Craig, very nice...How would you like to do a sheath like that for a damascus bowie?
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Post by cable on Jun 27, 2016 1:24:20 GMT -5
really beautiful --in design and execution !
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Post by bobwright on Jun 27, 2016 20:39:12 GMT -5
Craig:
Looking at those photos for awhile and I can almost smell woodsmoke!
Bob Wright
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Post by magnumwheelman on Jun 28, 2016 5:56:13 GMT -5
looks awesome... that would look great on my CASS belt  |
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Post by robrcg on Jun 28, 2016 6:36:15 GMT -5
Looks great Craig!
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Post by jswhitesell619 on Jun 28, 2016 20:11:42 GMT -5
Very cool! The knife and especially the sheath are extrodinary!
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Post by wtf on Jun 29, 2016 20:12:07 GMT -5
Craig,
Your time and effort paid off... that's a quality piece of work, the kind that will be treasured for many moons! Beautiful work anyone would be proud to own!
-Bill
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Post by Wasp on Jun 30, 2016 3:02:47 GMT -5
Man that's super nice.
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Post by bulasteve on Jun 30, 2016 12:08:32 GMT -5
I'm a pretty is as pretty does kinda person. Yes, understand the time and effort, and art, but just not me. My buckskin shirt still has the 12ga slug holes in it. Folk ask wha.. ? Hey, it didn't volunteer to be a shirt. Now the knife, thats pretty cool right there. I've a scalping knife made froma circular saw blade in an ugly home made sheath that I'd not trade for anything. Might give it a nephew though.
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Post by bulasteve on Jun 30, 2016 12:14:09 GMT -5
A further thought, when I've been to mountain man re-inactments and SASS shoots, everybody is in Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes, not I spent the winter in the high up hills. Just like the mideival fairs, everyone glosses over the the plague, and downtrodden.. Not me, not here.
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Post by bulasteve on Jun 30, 2016 12:15:46 GMT -5
CraigC, sorry. What you have done is art. I just don't live that life.
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Post by Thunderjet on Jun 30, 2016 14:05:48 GMT -5
CraigC, sorry. What you have done is art. I just don't live that life. No need to apologize. It doesn't appeal to my tastes either. |
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