Birthday knife and sheath for my nephew

[dhaverstick]

My nephew, Caleb, loves knives so for his 14th birthday my dad made him this Bowie. For my contribution to the present, I made the sheath for it.

As you can see, the blade is quite long, (about 10") so I made the sheath as a cross-draw model so it wouldn't get in the way. The core of the rig is some old veg-tanned leather I had laying around. I wrapped the sheath in caiman to make it pretty and then wrapped the belt loop in ostrich. The whole thing is trimmed with lambskin and sewn by hand.

The blank the knife is made from is out of some old tool steel Dad had laying around from his tool-and-die days in the '60s. He did the tempering on the forge his grandpa built and the antler handle came from one of the bucks killed on our farm.

I gave Caleb his present last Saturday and the boy was speechless. I can't wait to see him put it to use this fall on a home-grown whitetail!

Darren

 

[LRB]

He ought to love it. Especially considering the joint effort from loved ones.

 

[Rev_William]

Well guess who moved into the "best " uncle ever category lol, nice knife

 

[DOUBLEDEUCE 1]

Great gift! It is all the more special because of the efforts of those who contributed. :thumbsup:

 

[hawkthrower]

And all my uncles ever gave me was the chance to loan them money, geez

Great job to both of you.

Ron

 

[BillinOregon]

I'd have been speechless as well, and possibly in tears. Beautiful knife AND sheath. You have a wonderful family.

 

[seleach]

That is a great looking knife and the leather work is super - I really like the way you blended the different leathers and came up with something that is perfect for the knife. And what an excellent story to go with such an excellent gift. :thumbsup: :hatsoff: