Fire set and a Kephart knife

This week I am posting on of my custom kephart knives
with a tiger male handle.  This custom order also
Has a file worked spine and pattern aged blade.
A Custom hand stitched sheath was made for this
kephart as well but didn't make it into this
photo.

Something else I am working on for custom work is this
forged steel, custom antler Ferro rod and tooled sheath.
All of the tooling is from one of my original designs
And was worked by hand.
The back of this sheath has 2 holes for carrying as a neck
set up buck this could also be slipped into a pocket,
pack or bag very easily.

Thank you
Matt
ML Knives
http://www.mlknives.com

A custom Nessmuk Knife

This week I am posting a custom neesmuk knife set
I recently completed.

The knife has a beautiful tiger maple handle with
brass pins and the blade has my pattern and patina
aged finish.

For the set a matching ferro rod was made and the
sheath is a dangler that was hand stitched and
made with a loop to hold the ferro rod.

All of my Sheaths are individually hand cut without a template from veg tan leather.

They are hand stitched and antiqued one at a time.

Thank you 

Matt

ML knives

http://www.mlknives.com

Beavertail Hunting and Skinning knife....Sheath work Info

This is one of my custom order Beavertail Hunting and skinning
Knives.

This one was ordered with a custom ferro rod to go with
the sheath.

The blade on these have a cross forged pattern as well as
the rear steel but end of the knife.  The spine is also file
worked (jimped).

Handle is Tiger maple with large brass pins and the
sheath was hand stitched with free hand tooled and carved
work on the face.

Sheath work Information.
As most of you know I  make knives for a living and also do a
deal of leather work.   All of my sheaths are hand worked and hand stitched by me.

I also stitch sheaths for other knives when I am asked.  I get a fair amount of
requests for sheath and custom leather tooling work.  Keep in mind if you
want me make a sheath for any knife I do need the knife shipped to me so I
can wet form the leather to the knife.  Nothing else will work, cardboard
cut outs, tracings wont make for a decent sheath.
A link to my sheaths page 
A link to my Available leather work page (Updated often)

Thank you
Matt
ML Knives
http://www.mlknives.com

Vintage looking trail knife with aged Bone Handle..Leather work

First I want to Send my thoughts and prayers to all that were effected
by Hurricane Sandy.  I also want to thank all of you who sent me
emails and called with concerns and best wishes for me and my family
it is greatly appreciated.  We are all fine. The worse we had here upstate
in my area was high winds that knocked over a couple face cord
of wood.  Other than that we are fine.  Thank you again.

This week I wanted to post this beautiful custom order knife.
A design like this can handle many tasks and has a vintage
look and feel to it.

The blade is about 5 inches long with pattern and patina aging.
The handle is aged bone with plenty of character and has 3
larger sized brass pine.  The spine was beefed up at 3/16"
thick and has been hand file worked.

Sheath was antiqued and hand stitched and the custom ferro rod
was made from a piece of elk antler that was also aged.

If you have been following my work for some time you know I also hand stitch all of
my sheath's and all the tooling and line work is done by hand as well.

I will soon be adding a new page to the site with other leather items I make
as well.  I will post the info here when that is added.

Thank you
Matt
ML Knives
http://www.mlknives.com

Straight back Bush and Hunting knife ....Ways to carry a knife part 1

This week I have this custom set I recently completed minus a mini
strop I am working on.

The knife has a blade a little under 4 inches with pattern and patina
aging, handle is tiger maple with brass pins and lanyard hole
and is about 4 1/2" long.

Sheath is hand stitched and high aged.  You can see there is no
loop on the sheath for the ferro rod.  This steel and matching ferro
rod will be carried separate.

A new video has been posted as well.  I made this video to give some ideas for neck
knife carry.   Neck knives can be carried many more ways other than around the
neck.

Thank you
Matt
ML Knives
http://www.mlknives.com

Woods Runner Set..Custom bag..Kephart..hudson bay and game hunting knife

One of my Woods runner sets, customized.

This was done for a special custom order
3 knives, the bag and also included was
one of my custom ferro rods and coffin
fire steels.

Some additional information on this set.
The kephart is antiqued stag with a free hand
tooled belt sheath.  The blade being a cleaner
finish.

The Hudson bay camp knife is my H2 version
with aged dark black walnut, steel pins
over brass washers.

The last knife was a mid sized knife that could
be used for many woods, and hunting chores.
The blade being pattern and patina aged with
antiqued elk stag handle.  The sheath as
well as the others was hand stitched and also
has my free hand hand tooled line work.

The bag was entirely hand worked as well, all the
leather was hand stitched and oiled by hand several
times.  The bags button was made from antler.
If you look at the last picture you can see both
the hudson bay and the mid sized stag knife can
be carried on the bag, the sheaths can also be worn
on the belt if wanted.

You all have a great 4th of July

Thank you

Matt

ML Knives

http://www.mlknives.com/

Stag Custom horizontal carry

Couple weeks back or so I posted a video showing

this stag custom with a 5 inch blade, beefed up spine.

At the time the sheath wasn't done and I didn't have 

sheath pictures.  Below is the final knife and sheath/

Custom ferro rod.  Set up to wear horizontal carry.  

  

Thank you

Matt

ML Knives

http://www.mlknives.com



Kephart custom knife Set and a custom Dangler

I have a Mid week look at a set of custom kephart knives
for you.  Both were done with Tiger maple, brass pins
and lanyard holes.  Lots of forge pattern left on the blades
as requested.

custom sheaths were left off this photo but if you scroll down a bit
I added a picture of a custom dangler sheath I made recently
for an Osage kephart custom with a ferro loop.
The second sheath is my fold over style sheath.

If your new to my work blog or website and want to see more kephart knives
go to my.....
Kephart Gallery

More info on my sheaths, hand tooling on leather and more
go to.....
Sheaths


Thank you
Matt
ML Knives
http://www.mlknives.com/