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 stag handled long knife

This week,s post is a custom frontier style long knife
with a blade that is a bit over 9 inches long.  The
blade also has a nice pattern and patina aging.

The knife was handled with beautiful antiqued elk
stag with 3 steel pins.

The sheath was antiqued and hand stitched and
was also set up to wear high on the belt and
cross draw.

The sheath also has free hand tooled and carved

cross hatching.

Thank you
Matt
ML Knives
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A straight back custom knife with a vintage style. Tooled leather wallet

This week I'm posting a custom order Vintage style straight back
knife with a blade that is about 4 1/2" long.

The finish is a pattern and patina aged finish and the spine has
been file worked.

The handle is about equal in length and in antiqued hickory
with brass pins.

The sheath was antiqued and hand stitched.

Below is a detail photo of one of my custom hand tooled and carved wallets.
More details and info can be found on my
Available Leather Pieces Page

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

A neck knife custom with stag and a tooled pocket sheath

This weeks post I am posting a custom carry knife that was
set up for a neck carry knife but can also be carried
on the belt if wanted.

The blade on this knife is about 2 plus inches and the handle
is stag with brass pins and rear lanyard hole.
The leather through the hole has a handmade stag bead attached.

The tooling on the sheath was all worked by hand as well.

Another tooled piece was hand worked on this square pocket sheath
of a custom tree and mountain scene.

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

Customized kephart fisher with 2 Sheaths

A recent custom order is posted below.

This is one of my kephart fishers with a blade
and handle that were customized to be a bit
smaller than I normally make.

The handle is black walnut with a lanyard
hole.

Two sheaths have been hand stitched.

One is one of my square pocket sheaths
the other is a horizontal, both in an antiqued
dark brown.

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