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I'm just a hobbyist (at best) but I thought I'd post a few pix of a knife I worked on for a good friend over in OR. I have the same knife in factory form for comparison. Take it easy on me,,, I'm sensitive.
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Very nice. Better than factory Im sure. I have heard several complaints about those KOA sheaths
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It looks good to me. Did you make the sheath too?
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Yes, I made the sheath too.
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Good job! Careful you don't get hooked. Knife making can be very addictive!
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Nice work. Does look better than factory to me. Never understood a thong hole big enough for a rope. Just my opinion and I am way over here in Georgia.
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Great job Charlie .... looks awesome!
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I think the one you worked on for your buddy looks WAY better. I like the two pins and the smaller diameter lanyard tube you used on the scales for your buddy's knife. Nice work...on the sheath too...!
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Looks real good. What kind of wood? Your sheath stitching looks uniform - it ain't easy. Congrats!
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Looks real good. What kind of wood? Your sheath stitching looks uniform - it ain't easy. Congrats! Cocobolo supplied by the owner. He gave me a lifetime supply of the stuff for my efforts. Thanks for noticing the stitching. That's my best effort yet. I even got all the stitches to land in the stitch grove on the back side. That's definitely a first for me. There was a time when I'd never show the back of one of my sheath's. The middle pin was a no brainer since there was a diamond shaped hole hiding under the rubber scales. I had to open it up with a burr but that didn't take any time. Wish I was a better photographer.
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LOL No way, then I wouldn't have any excuses.
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Awesome job Charlie. You have always been good at scales. Your sheath work keeps getting better and better. That one is very nice, as was your last one before it.....
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I have to confess that I'm the lucky bugger that's on the receiving end of all of Charlie's hard work and effort and I can't hardly wait to receive it. I also have to say that Charlie's work is absolutely exemplary and pics just don't seem to do it justice, he's a real craftsman and his love of craft is truly reflected when you hold and admire his work in hand. My wife and I cherish a cocobolo scaled Green River camp knife he made and sent our way last year that is the cornerstone knife in our kitchen. Bear season starts tomorrow and my belt has a spot waiting for the knife to arrive........ Whoop whoop !!!!!
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I'll be at the post office when they open here in the next few hours Bob. Priority should have it there in a couple of days. Hope you get a Bear. Don't ask me to eat any of it though.
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