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 custom drop point knife with tooled Deer Sheath

A recent custom knife posted bleow with a
blade a bit over 4 inches long, with both
pattern and patina aged finish.

The spine was hand file worked and the handle
is aged tiger maple.

The leather sheath was antiqued and hand stiched.
All the tooling and carving of the deer scene
was done free hand as well.

The Newest Video.

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

A Camp and field knife with a Customized Sheath

Below is one of my recently completed custom order
camp and field knives.

The handle is tiger maple with brass pins and rear
lanyard hole.

Something that was custom ordered on this knife
was the sheath.  This sheath has a custom flap
and snap that goes over the entire handle.

Also just recently posted a new video showing a different style snap
sheath below.

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

Importance of a Good welted Knife Sheath

One of the main things when it comes to knife sheaths,
in my mind, is not only making a sheath that looks great
but is also functional. The most important aspect is a full
solid welt.

For all of you that already know what a welt is on a
sheath this may be a little redundant.  This is for new
readers, frequent readers of my blog, and visitors to
my website that are looking for information and tips.

A decent knife sheath shouldn't be a single piece
of light weight plastic or leather. Simply folding
over a piece of material, with a  few rivets or a
 small light weight line of stitching, can be risky.

This will only make the sheath and knife more
dangerous inside the sheath especially if your in
some back country, climbing a tree stand or
any outdoor venture.

A sharp knife blade can easily come through the
side of a sheath that has no welt. A sharp knife can
cut into flesh before you would even know it.

So basically a welt almost acts like a guard for
the blade.  The pic below shows the side shot of
one of my hand stitched sheaths with solid
8 to 9 ounce leather.  All of my sheaths have a full
welt.

Also posted below is some custom work recently completed.
This is one of my H7 Hand Jigged Hunting Skinner's.
This knife has hand jigged horn with large brass pins.
The sheath is in the process of being worked on.

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

Frontier Spear Point Knife with a custom Rawhide sheath

This is a recently completed custom piece.

The knife itself is a classic spear point design with a blade
over 4 inches long both with  pattern and patina aged finish.

The spine was hand file worked.

The handle is antiqued elk stag with a tight stitched forward
haft of vintage aged rawhide.

The sheath is one of my custom Frontier rawhide sheaths
with a hard veg tan liner.  The rawhide has been antiqued
and cross stitched and laced with vintage aged trade beads,
tin cones and horse hair.  The copper piece (dangler)
was also forged and shaped by hand.  This sheath can be
worn high and cross drawn.

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

Happy Easter.