Recent content by SBranson

Cool... Unbelievably I was just sent 5 warthog tusks to make a knife handle. How strange that I came across this..

Thanks guys. Here's another I made this weekend on the Artisan. You may notice a little of Paul Long's influence here.:o:D He has been a tremendous help in my sheath making and in advice on the Toro3000. His work is so iconic that in some ways I couldn't help but drift towards his style in...

Thanks guys... As far as the scrimping goes... hopefully this machine will pay for itself... eventually.. It is a big jump but it's a fabulous machine and it cuts the time down so much that it frees me to do more both design wise and not make $2/hr.

I just recently got an Artisan Toro 3000 and boy is it nice. It took a little figuring to get it to work for me, or rather, for me to figure out how to use it but here's the first sheath done with it. It's for a Prototype Kirby Lambert folder with mother of pearl scales. The owner wanted...

Part of the series of sheaths for re-handled Fallknivens a buddy of mine is doing is this one for an H1. I think this is the best one to date, knife and sheath. Still a couple details to iron out. -Stuart

Thanks. I meant mostly during the final glue up and assembly and particularly if adapted to be used in the case of a hidden tang. I imagine you wouldn't need to screw to down super tight but to close up all the elements and get really good closure of the guard to ricasso/handle to guard... etc...

Here's my first knife. I finished it about a month ago. I did everything except the heat treat. Stock removal 1095.

Great idea! Have you ever had a problem with the cap twisting the threaded rod out of the key hole? Or is the pressure from the scales enough to keep it secure?

Thanks alot guys. I'm really having fun with this. I did another little sheath for a Benchmade Activator 211 I got as a Christmas gift.

I got a request for 3 sheaths with a Canadiana theme. The maple leaf was chosen as the subject. When I posted a pic after the first two were done on another forum I got a request for pics of the process so I documented the carving of the 3rd sheath. I am pretty much a noob to the carving...

Nice work! Great job on the wet-forming and those textured areas are a really nice touch. Innovative! I'm sure your friend will be happy.

Ha Ha... Well that's praise enough right there... Thanks!!

In the past with stamping I have used some fine grit sandpaper to touch the high points of the pattern to create the illusion of light casting across it.. Kinda like oil painting where you paint where and how light hits an object to reveal it's shape and depth. If you do that don't oil it...

Thanks everyone! I appreciated it very much. I tried a few different things as I was a little leery trying to dye around the carving and not have it bleed into it. I started with thinned Fiebing's Tan on dry leather as I figured this would be the most controllable for flow and it came out...

I am working on 3 sheaths for a guy up north and he asked for something Canadian in theme like a maple leaf carved into them. I've finished 2 and the third is still being made but I sent him this pic of the first 2. I haven't done much carving and I learned on these that the compression of...