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Crook Knife Wooden Blade Case Print E-mail
Written by Jon R   
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Crook Knife Wooden Blade Case
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Now heat your bent skiewer up again, Really hot!

Take your peice of wood and press the red hot skiewer onto the depression you made earlier with the crook knife.
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Keep reheating the skiewer and pressing it down in the same place until the burn is as deep as the blade of your crook knife. You might have to reheat the skiewer time after time to get the depression the right depth. 

The chared wood may prevent the skiewer from burning deeper so you may have to scrape it out with the tip of your knife.


ckc8.jpgCarve and sand the block and lid to a desired shape. By clamping them together they will be exactly the same size.
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To make the lid secure in place, i drilled a socket in the main block and glued a peice of dowel to the lid.

Make sure the dowel and socket are a snug fit, you don't want the lid to come off when you don't want it to.
ckc10.jpgMake sure that everything is perfectly aligned before the dowel glue sets!
ckc11.jpgI then oiled the wood........Finished!


Hope you like it and think its good enough to have a go yourself! Any questions, please ask!

Jon

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written by weekender , June 28, 2007
Jon ilike that simple and effective, easy enough for even me to have ago at smilies/grin.gif
Well done
written by mob257774 , November 25, 2007
A simple and elegant solution. I have seen crook kife sheaths, and I'm not sure that they are as good looking as this.
great job
written by Bushmasterb , February 25, 2008
made my sheaths from leather but this is a rly nice solution. gonna take a go on it this weekend smilies/cheesy.gif
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