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I've been losing sleep a little over the sheath. The sample pictures Magnus sent fill my dreams...

you're so right Tracy.

taking form;

I hope these pictures add to the enjoyment of your weekend

Everyone who knows Magnus' work, knows that he has a- ahem- leather fetish His leatherwork is incredible. It always boggles my mind that so many knife makers farm out their sheath work. I mean, it's great and all seeing good guys like Paul Long do so well in making sheaths for people, but to...

the morning after shot; finally glued up. the thin black spacers are separated by thin pewter spacers;

a little fitment procedure; and thence to the gluing! Tis cold in Sveden, must heat that epoxy up with lights yo!

the fittings, starting to take shape;

I agree, that birch burl is rather nice. And how about copper for the fittings?

hmmm... choices, choices... what wood you choose?

here's the blade with the yellowish 'scale' removed; From Magnus; "At the moment the blade has a 1000 grit "machine" finish on the hollow grind, and a 800 grit handrubbed satin finish on the rest of it."

here is the blade, apres heat treatment;

Here are some Axelson knives which contributed to the inspirations behind this knife.

the blade, prior to heat treatment; This knife uses 6mm RWL34 for the blade. Wait til you see the handle!

Magnus decided that this knife required a little embellishment. After he sent me the following picture, I completely agreed.

once Magnus got down to business, he rejigged the design a little bit; This will be the final design. And I promise, you will see steel in this thread within a few hours.

just to make sure we're all on the same page, the second picture posted is the original design. The first picture underwent Magnufication!

Magnus just sent me the very first original drawing which I sent him. I haven't seen this pic since I sent it to him. It's amazing how he focused his considerable design talent on the handle and came up with something truly 'Axelson'.

Last December, Magnus Axelson and I started talking about a knife. We exchanged a lot of emails and phone calls, and although Magnus is half a world away on the other side of the planet, a great friendship has ensued. I finally sent Magnus a sketch of what I had in mind, and my sketch was...