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    Default First Sheath and first attempt at wet forming

    Recently i swapped some unused kit for a mora classic
    lovely knife but the sheath is a bit umm soul less being from plastic
    i had a bit of soft leather lurking about and with the help of decorum giving advice and pignut supplying some leather thonging i created a neck sheath
    the sheath still has the plastic sheath within it to make sure it doesn't cut through the leather (i am a little paranoid about having a really sharp thing around my neck)

    As an extra bonus with a few wraps of the thong around a belt i have a more than adequate dangler sheath to so two options for carrying it

    First sheath but i suspect not the last
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    nice one !

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    Nice one mate now you need some sandpaper and oil for that handle :-)

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    Cheers Robbi
    learnt a lot from the process
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    makes it look alot nicer

    what are your impessions on the mora classic?
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    Quote Originally Posted by vizsla View Post
    Nice one mate now you need some sandpaper and oil for that handle :-)
    now i need time to do that but yeah thats the next plan for this little classic
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    Quote Originally Posted by Samon View Post
    makes it look alot nicer

    what are your impessions on the mora classic?
    i like em
    only got this one cause i traded one then regretted it within a week of doing so

    i liked having one when i was teaching scouts knife work as they couldn't use the its because you have a woodlore and we have a cheap as chips mora as mine looked older and used than theirs
    great knife
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    nicely done sam looks great. iv always prefers the scandi style sheaths never made one myself though!
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    it made me sweat Hamish
    next time a template will be used methinks
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    and...............he's off! first of many m8! youll get the bug now....same as dread, i've not tried making one of these either, good effort!

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    i dunno i think i shall still be getting folk to make stuff for me when i want it to look purty like
    but fun none the less and i shall work out easier ways as i go no doubt
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    Nice one Sam .

    Quote Originally Posted by man_of_tanith View Post
    First sheath but i suspect not the last
    I suspect the same


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    (i am a little paranoid about having a really sharp thing around my neck)
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    when i first started working in care i was offered the chance to be shaved by someone else so i could empathise with the service users being shaved, i said hell no as i dont even trust myself with a razor by my face

    phil you know it aint the last i still have the ulu one to finish off
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    Nice work Sam. gives it a sense of respectability with the plastic hidden. I am envious of your time on bushy projects. Ive not been near my kit since end of June

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    Quote Originally Posted by BareThrills View Post
    Nice work Sam. gives it a sense of respectability with the plastic hidden. I am envious of your time on bushy projects. Ive not been near my kit since end of June

    WORK SUCKS

    Shift work means i can do stuff at weird hours of the day or night Paul
    but yeah work sucks for sure

    be all sorts of bits to show off next time we meet up
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    Nice work there
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