A set of custom Belt Knives with forged guards

This weeks post is a set of custom belt knives.  Both of these knives
were custom ordered and have beautiful tiger maple handles
with steel pins.

The guards were forged from steel and hand fit to the beefed up
3/16" tang.

The blades are about 8 inches in length, with pattern aging.

The sheaths were both antiqued and hand stitched with a
loop for the belt.

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

Early style Belt Knife with Aged bone.

This weeks post is a custom order belt or long knife

with a blade that is over 9 inches long.

The spine is 3/16" thick and the handle is aged bone

with steel pins.

The sheath was hand stitched and made to wear high

on the belt and cross drawn.

Knives similar to this not to long ago in American history

were worn on many belt, or tucked behind a sash

and i am sure swung through a sheath on many a saddle

horn. 

A piece like this can be used hard in the woods or 

around camp but still provide a fine cutting tool 

in the kitchen.

Last trip into the foothills of the woods, I took some decent
photos.  Some were of a hawk.  Hope you enjoy them.

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

Kephart Fisher custom and tooled Eagle Sheath

The Custom order Kephart fisher below was completed recently

with a very nice antiqued Osage handle. 

A lanyard hole was added to the rear of the handle, and the 

hand stitched sheath was set up to wear high on the belt.

Also, some recent leather tooling and carved eagle custom sheath detail pic below.

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

A customized Short Survivalist

This weeks post I have a custom order short survivalist.

This survivalist has been special ordered with mammoth
ivory scales and mosaic pins.

The leather at the rear lanyard hole was hand braided.

Sheath is my multi carry high ride/neck carry set up
in dark brown that has been hand stitched.

File worked thumb stops have also been worked
into the spine of the knife.

Thank you all for everything.

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

Custom Neck knife with tooled Arrow Head Design

This neck knife is part of a set of knives I am working on.

Knife has a smaller sized blade at about 2 3/8" long.
Great handy size.

Handle is black walnut with brass pins, the spine
has been file worked and that is a small amount
of forge pattern on the blade.

Sheath has been hand stitched and set up for neck carry
but this could also be carried in a pocket/pack or bag
without the leather neck thong.

The neck sheath has also been hand tooled and carved
with one of my original designs.  This is a very
neat looking arrow head design.

Also if  you are newer to my work site and blog, some info.

New Knives are posted in Available Knives Gallery 1
And Available Knives gallery 2   weekly.  Keep checking
the pages and refreshing to see the new updates. Knives that
are available for purchase will have a Buy Now Button.

I also post new Leather work  on my  available leather pieces page 
often as well.  Anything available will have a Buy now button.

Close up detail of some leather tooling/carving.

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