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Viking Skinner
@ 2008 Michael H. Mara
This frontier style hunting /
skinning knife features a 3” blade (4 3/4" usable edge) of 1/8" 1084,
with an upswept point and curved spine, extensively fileworked. The
blade design includes a deep, curved ricasso, forged and etched finish,
and a convex ground edge, with a rear forged finger hole. The blade is
hardened to HRC59. It is very light and quick in the hand. The knife is
7 1/2” overall, with full tang construction, Curly Bubinga scales and 2
Nickel silver pins. It includes a hand tooled leather belt sheath, with
three Viking runes. $334 SOLD
This knife was a special commission,
and is sold. If you're interesting in owning a similar knife, please contact me.
For more information on the meaning of the
runes, click here.
Here's a short video of the usage of the
rear finger hole. Click on the picture below, and the video will open in Windows
Media Player:
Some detail pics:
Progress pics of the sheath. The leather pieces cut:
Carving the runes into the leather:
Tooling the runes with an edging tool:
The runes:
Holes drilled, sewing the sheath:
Sewn and dyed:
Finished, oiled, and waxed:
The edge of the sheath, with triple-ply construction
all around, for durability:
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