Mountain Man Camp Knife and Rawhide Sheath

Hand made 1095 steel camp knife (unsure of maker, but was local, got the knife in a trade). Right at 12.5 inches overall. Stag bolsters and osage hand slabs with copper pins. 3/16 thick.

Sheath includes a hand forged awl, and antler piece with a badger claw.

This package is for sale, $325 plus shipping CONUS only

Something Evil Cometh......

I had an idea for a sheath for my first true forged knife......and this is how it came out.

I give you the Skab WMAK

Or the Wilderness Messin Around Knife

My first real try at a hand forged knife. This one started as a leaf spring.....I'm told 5160 steel, but not 100% on that.

Anyway, as you can see it takes it's cues from the Beck WSK/Tracker

Hand Forged Coffee Pot Tipper / Pourer

I saw a version of one of these at a rendezvous and thought I needed one! So I made one. Not perfect, but works very well!

MP Knives Tracker WSK knife, Tracker Packer sheath

BCUSA Member Snake Eyes sent me his bad ass MP Tracker for a rawhide sheath......this is what I came up with. I had plans for more tools on the sheath, but the different carry options kind of got in the way.

 T




racker Packer #24...

 Awl and flint striker forged by me

Skab Leathworks and Forge?? My first forged knife

Well making knives is not why I started getting more into forge work....but I couldn't not make one or two right?? So this one started as an HC railroad spike. I really had no plan just heated it up and started to beat on it. And this is the shape that came out. Tapered the handle a bit to get a little more length out of it and then twisted. And had seen another somewhere that had a skull on the end......so I had to try that as well. Heat treated in the forge and then tempered in an oven. So far it is holding a great edge, for a rail road spike at least.

Now stand by for the sheath/ display I plan to make for this thing. Something I've never seen, hope I can pull it off.

Adventures in Blacksmithing

Well, I went and done it. I've jumped in head over feet into Blacksmithing. I got interested in it first for my leatherwork....hence why I'm posting about it on my Blog!  Anyway, I was already forging little stuff with my coffee can forge, like d rings and what not. Well now I have Diamondback Ironworks 2 burner propane forge, a small 55 lb no name old as hell anvil and a 135 lb beast of an anvil....and a bunch of hammers and what not. Anyway, I kept telling myself I didn't want to make knives, as there are a ton of very good knife makers already out there and there is no way I want to try and be a great knife maker as well as a leatherworker.......wellllll, I have went and started to try my hand at it. And be able to offer a complete package made from me.

I have also really gotten into make useful hooks and what not, the wife even had me make her some new curtain tie backs...

Here a some random crappy pictures of stuff I have forged so far.

Anyway.....just wanted to give you all an update on what I have been doing with my time.