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For this year's knife swap, I drew Keebler1 as my recipient. Kevin drives truck, and is on the road, so I thought that a carving knife with a sheath might be a good item to send to him.
The knife has a Mora 1/0 high carbon blade with a brass bolster and a two-piece dyed and stabilized spalted maple handle. I shaped it in a more modern style, rather than the traditional slöjd knife handle, figuring that would be more to Kevin's liking. I hope I guessed right!
The knife is finished with three coats of tung oil, each left to dry for a day in the south-facing window of my shop, then coated with finishing cream for a nice smooth finish.
To accompany the knife, I made a belt-sheath. It was my first leather working project, and I used the starter kit from woodcraft, which proved pretty darned helpful. Big thanks to MaFe for writing up every step in the process of making a knife sheath on our SPRAD knife exchange, which I used to teach myself how to make this sheath. You were a great teacher, MaFe! The sheath is dyed royal blue and finished with Resolene so it should last a good long time.
Next up was the bonus knife, a marking knife made with a Hock Tools blade and more of the stabilized spalted maple. I wish I could remember for sure if the wood came from my friend Craig in MN or Kenny, but I got it in a wood-swap with a buddy.
Finally, I made a box to hold the goodies. It's a piece of Red Grandis I picked up at the Rockler store in MN in one of their sale bins, and some ash I had laying around the shop. Nothing too fancy, but I've gotten a lot better at dovetails, so the box came out pretty well, and I've ended up repurposing most of the boxes I've received in previous swaps, so I think a small box is always a nice addition. The closed-cell foam is just set in the box, so it's easy to remove so the box can be reused.
The knife has a Mora 1/0 high carbon blade with a brass bolster and a two-piece dyed and stabilized spalted maple handle. I shaped it in a more modern style, rather than the traditional slöjd knife handle, figuring that would be more to Kevin's liking. I hope I guessed right!
The knife is finished with three coats of tung oil, each left to dry for a day in the south-facing window of my shop, then coated with finishing cream for a nice smooth finish.
To accompany the knife, I made a belt-sheath. It was my first leather working project, and I used the starter kit from woodcraft, which proved pretty darned helpful. Big thanks to MaFe for writing up every step in the process of making a knife sheath on our SPRAD knife exchange, which I used to teach myself how to make this sheath. You were a great teacher, MaFe! The sheath is dyed royal blue and finished with Resolene so it should last a good long time.
Next up was the bonus knife, a marking knife made with a Hock Tools blade and more of the stabilized spalted maple. I wish I could remember for sure if the wood came from my friend Craig in MN or Kenny, but I got it in a wood-swap with a buddy.
Finally, I made a box to hold the goodies. It's a piece of Red Grandis I picked up at the Rockler store in MN in one of their sale bins, and some ash I had laying around the shop. Nothing too fancy, but I've gotten a lot better at dovetails, so the box came out pretty well, and I've ended up repurposing most of the boxes I've received in previous swaps, so I think a small box is always a nice addition. The closed-cell foam is just set in the box, so it's easy to remove so the box can be reused.