Tiger Maple Camp Knives

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Two knives I made for friends’ birthdays. I bought knife blanks, and then attached and shaped tiger maple scales for the handles. Lots of sanding, followed by 5 coats of MinWax spar urethane, with steel wool between each coat. Not too bad for a first attempt – and my friends were thrilled.

-- I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it - Thomas Jefferson

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mtnwild home \| projects \| blog 2018 posts in 423 days posted 160 days ago	Great projects that will be appreciated for a long time. Good job…............... -- mtnwild (Jack), It's not what you see, it's how you see it.
SCOTSMAN home \| projects \| blog 2244 posts in 480 days posted 160 days ago	A lot of you guys in the good old USA are really awe inspiringly talented I see whole websites concentrating on knives machining woodturning etc etc etc and am always impresed with the level of workmanship and shear ability so many have this is likewise so well done next time maybe you will show a few more pics,of your work regards Alistair -- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease
scrappy home \| projects \| blog 1618 posts in 326 days posted 160 days ago	Great knifes. Love the tiger maple. Keep it up. Scrappy -- Scrap Wood's the best...the projects are smaller, and so is the mess!
JDBlades home \| projects \| blog 30 posts in 165 days posted 160 days ago	Thanks all – appreciate the kind words. Alistair, I put up a couple more pictures that show the grain a little more clearly. Glad to see there’s a Scotsman on this site – I’ve been to Scotland twice, most recently this past December. Fantastic country, and I’ve always greatly enjoyed my time there. -- I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it - Thomas Jefferson
a1Jim home \| projects \| blog 16846 posts in 472 days posted 156 days ago	very nice knives love that maple -- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon
Gerald Miller home \| projects \| blog 24 posts in 847 days posted 29 days ago	Nice work, how did you make the sheath? -- Jerry Miller
JDBlades home \| projects \| blog 30 posts in 165 days posted 28 days ago	Thanks Jerry. Sheath was pretty basic – sketched out an outline around the knife of what I thought the dimensions would be, transferred the outline to the leather, cut it out, then glued the edges, punched holes for thread, stitched it up, put some beeswax on it, and voila. Turned out pretty well. -- I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it - Thomas Jefferson
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