Snake Skin feature on pocket slips - iKnife Collector2024-03-28T14:08:25Zhttps://iknifecollector.com/forum/topics/snake-skin-feature-on-pocket-slips?groupUrl=clws&commentId=3181080%3AComment%3A1424775&groupId=3181080%3AGroup%3A468027&feed=yes&xn_auth=noLooks good Derek , good use f…tag:iknifecollector.com,2016-06-21:3181080:Comment:14255212016-06-21T12:05:08.135ZJohn Bamfordhttps://iknifecollector.com/profile/JohnBamford
<p>Looks good Derek , good use for roadkill !</p>
<p>Kangaroo skin is supposed to be just the job for strops , Bet a few Roos get run over , just an idea .</p>
<p>Looks good Derek , good use for roadkill !</p>
<p>Kangaroo skin is supposed to be just the job for strops , Bet a few Roos get run over , just an idea .</p> Continuing my Snake Skin them…tag:iknifecollector.com,2016-06-21:3181080:Comment:14257402016-06-21T01:03:36.291ZDerek Wellshttps://iknifecollector.com/profile/DerekWells
<p>Continuing my Snake Skin theme. It hasn't stopped raining here in the past couple of weeks - today very cold sleet & 15 mph winds so plenty of time indoors to work on my leather projects.…</p>
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<p>Continuing my Snake Skin theme. It hasn't stopped raining here in the past couple of weeks - today very cold sleet & 15 mph winds so plenty of time indoors to work on my leather projects.</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2770543684?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="721" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2770543684?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="721" class="align-full"/></a><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2770544212?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="721" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2770544212?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="721" class="align-full"/></a></p> Thanks Fellas. This was a don…tag:iknifecollector.com,2016-06-16:3181080:Comment:14247752016-06-16T09:31:49.406ZCarl Rechsteinerhttps://iknifecollector.com/profile/CarlRechsteiner
<p>Thanks Fellas. This was a donate knife to the "Knife Rights" movement a few years back (I let that smooth talking Ritter, talk me out of it at the show in Louisville a few years back). It was a pretty big recurve fighter, 9"+ on blade I think. The handle is black locust and the blade was forged from a slice of a 52" sawblade. 90% to 100% of my work is from recycled material</p>
<p>My mentor, Dad (Sandy Morissey) taught me the tooling skills for this kind of leatherwork.</p>
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<p>Derek,…</p>
<p>Thanks Fellas. This was a donate knife to the "Knife Rights" movement a few years back (I let that smooth talking Ritter, talk me out of it at the show in Louisville a few years back). It was a pretty big recurve fighter, 9"+ on blade I think. The handle is black locust and the blade was forged from a slice of a 52" sawblade. 90% to 100% of my work is from recycled material</p>
<p>My mentor, Dad (Sandy Morissey) taught me the tooling skills for this kind of leatherwork.</p>
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<p>Derek, please don't miss-read me, I've used plenty of natural skins from snakes, lizards and even fish. I don't believe in wasting a good thing, just won't kill any of these unless unless for food. The skins are usually kind of fragile/thin and don't hold up to abrasion well, still hard to beat some of the beautiful patterns you see in the natural stuff. One of the prettiest and toughest I ever used was spotted gar (most of us know what their scales are like), had to drill all the stitching holes with carbide bits. Only did one. I can do the faux work much easier and quicker than tan curing a hide and adding all the panel frame work together on a sheath.</p>
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<p>Thanks again for the kind words.</p>
<p></p> Great knife and sheaf Carl ,…tag:iknifecollector.com,2016-06-16:3181080:Comment:14247732016-06-16T07:05:38.927ZJohn Bamfordhttps://iknifecollector.com/profile/JohnBamford
<p>Great knife and sheaf Carl , those handle scales look just fantastic !</p>
<p>Well the whole job is fantastic !!</p>
<p>Great knife and sheaf Carl , those handle scales look just fantastic !</p>
<p>Well the whole job is fantastic !!</p> That is just a "Standout" She…tag:iknifecollector.com,2016-06-16:3181080:Comment:14247702016-06-16T06:52:03.719ZDerek Wellshttps://iknifecollector.com/profile/DerekWells
<p>That is just a "Standout" Sheath Carl ..... Sensational Craftsmanship on both Knife and Sheath.</p>
<p><em>And you have prompted me... I should have noted this earlier ... The snake skin I am using was from a roadkill snake ... Just fortunate (for me not the snake) only about 2 inches at the head was damaged. Derek</em></p>
<p>That is just a "Standout" Sheath Carl ..... Sensational Craftsmanship on both Knife and Sheath.</p>
<p><em>And you have prompted me... I should have noted this earlier ... The snake skin I am using was from a roadkill snake ... Just fortunate (for me not the snake) only about 2 inches at the head was damaged. Derek</em></p> Unfortunately snake skin is p…tag:iknifecollector.com,2016-06-14:3181080:Comment:14242002016-06-14T10:03:31.598ZCarl Rechsteinerhttps://iknifecollector.com/profile/CarlRechsteiner
<p>Unfortunately snake skin is pretty fragile as you mentioned. Outside rubbing and inside pocket rubbing will eventually wear it out. Thicker border panels or frames will help protect it quite a bit but the exposed areas along the edges will take a beating.</p>
<p>You could always do faux snake skin panels that don't even require framing protection just a little tooling work. This is both faux snake and faux ray. Pretty simple once you practice a bit (and no snakes or rays were harmed).…</p>
<p>Unfortunately snake skin is pretty fragile as you mentioned. Outside rubbing and inside pocket rubbing will eventually wear it out. Thicker border panels or frames will help protect it quite a bit but the exposed areas along the edges will take a beating.</p>
<p>You could always do faux snake skin panels that don't even require framing protection just a little tooling work. This is both faux snake and faux ray. Pretty simple once you practice a bit (and no snakes or rays were harmed).<a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2770542070?profile=original"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2770542070?profile=original" width="700"/></a></p> Really great job Derek it goe…tag:iknifecollector.com,2016-06-11:3181080:Comment:14233552016-06-11T08:59:43.430ZJohn Bamfordhttps://iknifecollector.com/profile/JohnBamford
<p>Really great job Derek it goes well with that Viper !</p>
<p>Really great job Derek it goes well with that Viper !</p> Boy does that look great!!tag:iknifecollector.com,2016-06-10:3181080:Comment:14232822016-06-10T23:20:48.820ZJan Carterhttps://iknifecollector.com/profile/JanCarter
<p>Boy does that look great!!</p>
<p>Boy does that look great!!</p> I am with you Jan I have sett…tag:iknifecollector.com,2016-06-10:3181080:Comment:14232782016-06-10T22:05:02.138ZDerek Wellshttps://iknifecollector.com/profile/DerekWells
<p>I am with you Jan I have settled on the larger design as my preferred one.</p>
<p>This is one of my earlier attempts for an acquaintance on Aust Blade Forums to match his GEC #47 Viper in Snake Wood.…</p>
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<p>I am with you Jan I have settled on the larger design as my preferred one.</p>
<p>This is one of my earlier attempts for an acquaintance on Aust Blade Forums to match his GEC #47 Viper in Snake Wood.</p>
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<p>I think I like the larger one best. I would think if snake skin boots work out ok this will also but I would be very interested in how it holds up</p>
<p>I think I like the larger one best. I would think if snake skin boots work out ok this will also but I would be very interested in how it holds up</p>