#knifewip

12 inch Bowie style with false edge swedge in 6mm thick stock ready for handling .

I picked up some great rams horn and curly birch scales at this years knives UK show but haven't yet decided which to fit .

A tale of two Nessmuk WIP .

 Both started life as large circular saw blades , the older looking of the two has a tapered tang , the newer is thicker stock  with a birds-beak pommel .

Some more old saw blade recycled into blades  a mid sized belt knife , re-curved Companion and a kiridashi for a customer .

I’m almost at the end of my stock of the old Wartime saw blade steel but I do still have a few blades left in the last piece to cut out . It will be a shame when its all gone and hope I can source some more one day .

Nessmuk patch knife .

Part two .

After etching and stone-washing the blade I removed the edge where the handle was to be wrapped .

The first wrap is dyed latigo lace leather with a thin epoxy coat with an over wrap of dyed 3 strand braided sinew , both via @theidentitystore

Some small blades to handle up soon .

First cut .

Cutting up the 2nd of the laser cut 01 tool steel sprue’s kindly sent to me by CSR knives https://www.instagram.com/christopher_smedley/