Recently I have begun to feel better, the rheumatoid arthritis has eased off and with the exception of tendonitis in my right arm I am actually feeling good. I begun to work on projects that do not involve customers knives to see what my hands are capable of this point in time.
I did a couple of knives recently, the first one is been setting on my bench for months waiting for me to feel like finishing it. It’s a Camillus CP77, the large boot knife with the powder coated finish. The blank came out of the Camillus auction at the bankruptcy sale. The handle is red and black layered micarta. The micarta is kind of funky stuff to work with, I wish the layers were thicker so we would see more color and the powder coated blade is pretty funky to work with also. You don’t dare touch the blade with an abrasive or anything because you cannot polish it out. Anyway I guess it came out okay.
I’m not sure what you would call a black powder coated blade with a black and red layered micarta handle.
I suppose Funky Ninja would be just as good a name for this knife is anything.
The second knife is a fish fillet knife. The blank is a Schrade Uncle Henry 167, handles are Culpepper’s Amber’s CSB with mosaic pens, and the sheath is about my fourth attempt at making a complete sheath from scratch. I euphemistically referred to the sheath style as “functional rustic.”
I did line the inside of the sheath around the handle with soft leather so that the rivets would not come in contact with the bone handles and damage them. I think the sheath is a good heavy duty functional sheet, but it probably won't win a beauty contest!
I haven't etched the blade of the 167 yet with my mark.
It's impossible for me to etch the powder coated blade so I will leave my name off of it.
I hope you enjoy the pictures.
Congratulations--very well done!!
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