1st time knife handle build

[sunknife]

I've had this blade laying around for a few months and finally got around to making and mounting handles on it. It's a 6" full tang blade of 1095 steel that Fred Asbel sells. A friend of mine bought a handful of them at a rendezvous earlier this year and gifted me one. I used a scrap of buckthorn sapwood for the scales, epoxied onto the tang and 2 steel pins inserted. Used leather dye to color the wood and put a narrow strip of dyed rawhide and braided cord
wrap on the scales near the blade end, I was going for a sort of frontier look.
It was a fun project and I learned a few things along the way. I may have to pick up a few more of these relatively affordable blades for more handle mounting projects. The blade came with an extremely sharp edge and he has a small variety of shapes and sizes. First though I need to make a sheath for this one. I'm thinking raw hide over leather neck sheath with adornments, this will be a first for me as well.
Thanks for taking a look.

[philco]

I like it. Lots of eye appeal and the work looks well executed.

[sunknife]

I like it. Lots of eye appeal and the work looks well executed.

Thanks Phil, I appreciate it.

[knife7knut]

Nice job and a nice little knife!

[FRJ]

You made that a great looking knife.

[doglegg]

If you hadn't of told us we would not of thought it to be a first time project. Very nice.

[Jody744]

Looks great!

[Tony_Wood]

That is a great looking frontier build. Nice shape in the blade for that period, with complementing handle style and finish.

Post pics of your future work. We will want to see it.

[sunknife]

Thanks for all the kind comments guys, I really appreciate it.
If I had any metal working skills and knowledge I could see knife building as a enjoyable hobby for me, just doing the handle build on this one was fun.

[Steve Warden]

D) All of the above

You nailed that frontier look. Absolutely gorgeous!

[sunknife]

Thanks Steve.
I reread what I had written at the top and realized I may have described the blade as 6" long when in fact the overall knife length is 6".
Here is another pic to put it all in perspective. A mini frontier knife if you will.
Thanks again to all above for the kind comments.

[Steve Warden]

That'll make for a fine neck knife!

[woodwalker]

That is a little beauty!! Great job!!