antelope hide hunting knife

[BlackNet]

This is an antelope hide sheath I had a local guy make up for me, picked it up today actually. The knife is a trailing point, stabilized ash burl and nickel silver pins. The epoxy I used was locktite 324 speedbonder (4,000 pound strength)

Ed

 

[shmrck1]

Ed,
Nice sheath!
snake-eyes :hatsoff:

 

[LRB]

Nice work Ed, how did you attach the bolsters?

 

[BlackNet]

bolsters are attached with 324 speed bonder then with pins and the pins are peened. It's best to sandblast the area then immediately apply the epoxy.

324 is some gooood stuff. you can glue to strips of metal into a 90 degree arm. put one end in a vise and a bucket on the other, it will take around 150 pounds to break the bond. that's rotational torque. shear pulling strength is around 4,000-5,000 and some tests have shown it to be higher.

Ed