Fishing with my country bag, carry knife and a stag kephart custom

I had a chance to get out and do a little fishing recently
and I wanted to show you what I carry most times.

My country bag  that has a fishing kit inside, an ultra light
rod a reel and my carry knife.

This carry knife has been with me for awhile and now I am
currently carrying this with a single piece of leather and cord
lock.

I will post more about this in a different blog post as well as
give you more details and info on how you can use this set up.

This sheath set up will be offered on my website as well in the
future.



The kephart below is a custom order with a beautiful stag handle. Sheath has been hand stitched.

Thank you

Matt

ML Knives

http://www.mlknives.com

Scandi Kephart Knives

Posted below is a recent set of custom ordered
kephart knives.

Both have scandi grinds with tiger maple handles.

Pattern and patina aged blades.

The hand stitched sheaths are dangler set ups both for the
right and left hand.

The latest Youtube post, a portion of this was used for my Channel Trailer.


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

A set of custom kephart knives.

This week I am posting a set of beautiful kepharts knives.

These were made for a custom order and have beautiful
tiger maple handles.

Both sheaths were hand stitched and antiqued.

I am also working on trying to make more videos, some
will be how to videos as the one below, others will
be showing my work.

Currently I am searching around for a new
decent camera as well, something that is rugged and
I can take in outdoor weather without to many concerns
of dropping it or getting caught in pounding rain.

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

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 kephart knife with stag handle and tooled Bear Sheath

This week's post is one of y custom kephart knives with
a beautiful antiqued elk stag handle.

As you can see from the photo this kephart has brass pins
and rear lined lanyard hole.

The spine on this one is 3/32" thick.

The sheath has been customized as well with some of my
original artwork.  It has a bear and mountains scene.
This is one of my paddle style sheaths that was chosen.

Thank you

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

A Kephart Knife set. A Short and a mini.

Below is a custom order set of kephart knives.

These are both the short and mini version's.
Left hand knife is the short and right the mini.

Both of these knives have black walnut handles.

The short is set up with a hand stitched belt sheath
and the mini set up with a hand stitched Neck Sheath.

The leather through the rear of the short kephart has
been hand braided.

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

Horizontal Carry Kephart Knife

If you have been on my sheaths page on the website
you know I make some different style horizontal carry
knife sheaths.  The Horizontal carry below has 2 loops
that go around the sheath and be carried for right
or left hand draw.

Below was a custom order kephart knife with a tiger maple
handle.  Blade has both pattern aged and patina finish
with file work on the spine.

Kephart custom and fisher knife set.

A mid week update.

This is a custom order set of knives.

A custom kephart and kephart fisher.
both knives were handled with antiqued black walnut.

The kephart standard size has a pattern and patina
aged blade with extra deep grooved file worked
thumb stops on the spine.  Sheath being hand
stitched and set up to wear on the belt with
a ferro rod loop.

The kephart fisher has a  pattern aged blade
and this was set up to wear as a neck knife.
This sheath also has a high ride belt carry loop
on the backside.

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

Kephart knives in the works

This week I thought this photo would be
a nice one to share.

This is a trio of kephart knives all for custom orders.

Top and bottom kephart are handled with tiger maple
center knife is antiqued osage.  Bottom kephart also
has been file worked.

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/

Custom kephart with rawhide close Up pictures

My last trip in the woods did my camera in.  Below
are some pictures from a new camera.  Close ups
of a custom order kephart knife I am working on.

This one has a custom rawhide wrapped forward
haft, with some very nice tiger maple.  The spine
is file worked.

Thank you

Matt ML Knives

http://www.mlknives.com

How the Selection of Handle material is done

A large percentage of my handle material is wood I cut into scales
myself.  A small percentage I do buy scales. 
Below is a new section of tiger maple for me to work from.

Cutting my own scales does take more time and sometimes can be
difficult.  You never know what you will find when you open up
a piece of wood.

There is allot involved from cutting to flat sanding and fitting but
this also allows me to select each piece of handle material individually. 
If the grain isn't what I'm happy with or if things aren't going good the
wood ends up in my scrap box as you can see below.

Scrap wood that just didn't make the grade or was
from a cut off..

The final results from each piece is very rewarding.  The grain each piece
of wood takes on is very unique and individual.  Below you can see one
of my kephart knives finished in tiger maple with a hand rubbed oil finish.

A custom kephart knife on a new tiger maple board

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

Happy Mothers day to all Mom's

Kephart Custom with horizontal sheath

This kephart knife was recently completed for a
custom order.

This custom has a tiger maple handle, brass pins and
lanyard.  The blade is pattern and patina aged.

The sheath is hand stitched and set up horizontal to
wear on the back and drawn out right handed.

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/

Old Favorite Tongs and a Kephart In action

Here is something I thought you would all enjoy seeing. 

This is a set of Tongs I forged awhile back and remain one
of my favorite tools in the shop.  They are beat and have seen
better days but are still holding up and do the job I need them to
do.

Also The picture below was taken by Reuben Bolieu:   His Kephart knife  in action
making a fuzz stick or some call a feather stick / fire stick.  Whatever you want
to call it, Great Job.

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

Special Order Kephart Knife

Originally Posted on the August 15th, 2010

 

Here is a customized kephart that I had to post up here for
everyone to see. This is my standard kephart with a beefed
up 3/16 spine. The handle is carved stag buffalo horn and
has a very nice non slip grip. When completed this set up
will be horizontal style, with a ferro rod.

Thank you very much

Matt

ML Knives

http://www.mlknives.com