I need to finish polishing these but the shape is pretty much there. They are 01 tool steel, one with a mountain mahogany handle and rawhide palm knot. The other has a locast burl handle.

Both are ment to have small handles that fit the palm.

Another addict        

I cant decide which one I like best. They are both very nice.


Tommy

Looking good Robin!  Now we need a tutorial on those rawhide knots     Doc

Very nice work! I'm with Doc lets see how to do dem knots!

very nice  

   

Yep, it's getting a bit tougher to keep my mind on the leather.    I gotta get a furnace finished and something better than my harbor freight grinder if I build many more.

Doc, it's pretty tough to show how to tie those knots without having you look over my shoulder and then follow with a string of your own.

This knot is a version of whats known as the heel knot, increased once in the ground work and then with a colored string added. They wear real good and feel better to your hand as they age. It's used as the heel knot on a Bosal. If you can find a copy of Bruce Grants book How to make Cowboy Horsegear there's a diagram of how to tie it. You have to increase the ground work to add a colored string though.

A awl made the same way allows you to use your fingers while keeping the awl in your palm. Thats my idea for these handles, just gotta get the balance and blade lenth figured.

Thanks for the nice coments guys, I'm learning from you folks here. Just wish I was a faster learner. These are # 4 & 5
RS

Hey Buddy, come on over and spray weeds for me this summer and we'll make knives and build ya a forge in our spare time   :D  

Cindy could probably use a break anyway  

Kinda diggen that locas burl.

Doug
I got a few things ready for a atmospheric forge, just a few more pieces and it will be workin.
I told you about Cindys rule- " if your havin fun, quit it"

Rooster, I removed a couple big trees out of the yard the last couple winters. They both had several burls, I wished I'd saved more of it. Not much of it had the browns that this peice had.

That's the reason for you coming over here Robin, she surely wouldn't catch us if she's a few hundred miles away....  

Shhhhh, she has spies everywhere.  :D  

I took her lion hunting once, dogs took the backtrack. Strait up a awfull steep ridge. Boy was she mad when I told her they were goin backwards. I get to lion hunt cause she knows thats torture    

I guess I could tell her were gonna build her a knife for cutting hay twine  

Nice work!