My friend Ricky Wallace is a longtime knife maker that lives and works a hundred or so miles west of me here in Northwest Florida. Ricky’s a US Army Veteran, fishing guru, boat overhauler, and a genuine nice guy with a knack for fixing pretty much anything that breaks. If he can’t fix it, hell, he’ll just make one. The late Lewis Grizzard would call him a Great American. So would I. He’s also a photogenic feller, with a busy channel on YouTube. Ricky makes leather sheaths for all the knives he creates, and he’s been a great help to me in my knife making pursuits. I sent Ricky the first of my leather knives to actually leave my place and head out into the great beyond. He turned around and did the following video. Thank you, Ricky, and thank you for your service, Sir.
Staying busy around here and looking forward to cooler weather. I took on a new “hobby” back in April, and started making a few leather knives. I’ve always been fascinated by the tools of the leather trade, whether it’s stamping tools or the knives we use for cutting. The round knife in the photos is the latest one from my knife shop, and it’s the first one I’m making available for sale. I won’t be making many–for a couple of reasons. The first being that I need to juggle my knifemaking projects with my leather projects. The second is the fact that I’m probably the slowest knife maker in existence.
I won’t be accepting advance orders, but I will be offering products here and there as they are completed. Comments and questions are always welcome, and feel free to reach out by email to BruceGibson@aol.com.
File folders, educated guesses, and a little “won’t work but it’s close.”
Good Saturday morning, and Happy April! There’s something about a brand-new, shiny month that always gets me kick-started and motivated. April’s a little weird because we tend to flush the first day with “April Fool’s” nonsense. I don’t do the April Fool’s crap–whether it’s aging and intolerance, or just that it’s stupid. Probably a little of both. Besides, we have the media, where every day is April Fool’s Day.
Closer. Not 100% spot-on, but pretty much there.
I’ve been making quite a few sheaths for the Buck 112 folder this past week, and I just started with the pattern making for the Buck 110. The first photo is of the first prototype which looks like something the dog got ‘hold of. That’s normal–or, at least in my world that’s normal. I use a lot of manila file folders, and dig in my scrap bin for pieces because the first couple efforts always get thrown away. The second photo is real close to what I’m after. I’ll trim a little here, and adjust a little there.
A few finished sheaths for the Buck 112 that will be shipping out on Monday alongside my Buck 110 prototype project that I hope to be producing a few of next week. Between holsters, of course.
That’s what we’re up to around here. The last photo shows a few finished for the Buck 112 that are shipping on Monday, and I plan to have more of those, along with a few for the Buck 110 in the upcoming week.
I’ve also been forgetting to mention my YouTube Channel. There’s only one video on it, and it’s not great, but I do plan to add more to it as time permits. You can take a look here GIBSON LEATHER ON YOUTUBE and please subscribe. Comments are always welcome, as well as suggestions for what you’d like to see. Just like here on the blog.
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