Wilderness Neck Knife and a set of Fire Steels

This custom order Neck knife will make a great companion
in the wilderness.

Overall this is about a 7 inch knife with a really nice patina
aged blade.  Handle is some really beautiful Tiger maple
with large brass pins.

I custom made a slimmer ferro rod for the neck carry option
and it fits right next to the knife on the sheath.

Both of the Fire steels were forged from stout steel in my shop
and are tempered to throw some nice sparks.

Some of you have asked me in the past about some of the leather tools and knives
I use in making sheaths and some of the leather work I do.

Below is one of my custom leather cutting tools I use everyday.  I forged this in my
shop and it works great.

I guess you could say this is a cross between a head knife and a mini ulu, without
a handle.  I have more control with it the way it is shaped and the size I find I can
use for most leather cutting.  The blade is about

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

Large Frontier Knife..

The Frontier style knife below was a custom order knife with a blade
about 8 inches long.  The knife will be used to butcher large game
and I am sure for many more tasks as well.

The blade also has plenty of forge pattern and patina with a hand
file worked spine.

The guard was forged and hand fitted right after the antiqued bone
handle.  The pins are of steel.

All my sheaths are hand stitched just as this one and was antiqued
to fit the piece.

When Possible I like to share some of the photos I take in back country and trails I
hike.  Below are a couple pics I took you might like.

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

Straight back Frontier style knife and a set of vintage knives

This week's post will feature recent custom work and a
photo of my vintage work.

First is this nice straight back classic design.  A knife of this
design has has many names attached to it through history.

It's straight back spine and just about 5 inch blade would
be an ideal set up for many uses.

The blade has some forge pattern as well as a medium patina.
Handle is very nice antiqued tiger maple.

Sheath hand stitched and set up high ride style with some
hand tooling and carving on the face.

Next is a group of knives I found looking through some older
photos.  This picture goes back to 2005 so all of the knives
were made about 8 year ago or so.
Thought you would all enjoy seeing this.

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

A Set of Mini Kephart Knives

Recent custom work, completed.  This week is a set of custom made
mini kephart knives.

Both knives were handled with tiger maple and have pattern and
patina aged blade.  The mini kephart also comes with fileworked
thumb stops on the spine.

Both sheath's were set up for belt carry and have hand carved names
and the top of each.

Thank you

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

Bone Handled Hudson Bay Camp Knife

Recent custom work of a Hudson bay camp knife.  This
blade was about 8 inches long pattern and patina aged .

Handle is antiqued bone with some hand carved hatching.
Pins are brass pins over brass washers.

Hand stitched belt Sheath.

An Additional Photo has been posted up on Flickr
as well.

Thank you

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

A Bowie Knife that is a handfull

This Bowie knife was a custom order and is a stout handful
of a knife.

The blade is about 8 inches long and a bit under 2" wide.
The forward clip has been tapered to a swedge.

It is hard to tell from the photo below but the blade has a light
forge pattern that has been hand sanded down to have a clean
look but still has the look of a vintage style blade.

The handle is black walnut with 3 steel pins  and the tang is
exposed and runs past the but end of the handle maybe by
.25

The guard was forged, hand shaped and hand fitted.

The sheath was hand stitched as well and made with an
old school vintage style leather tie.

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