After attending our Fundamental Bushcraft course last year, Woodlore customer Stan Intihar had a go at making his very own knife for the first time, with great results:

Howdy,

Here are some pics of my completed knife and leather sheath; a carbon steel Enzo blade and desert ironwood handle with red liners:

[caption id="attachment_2369" align="aligncenter" width="385"] Stan's hand-finished knife and leather sheath[/caption] [caption id="attachment_2368" align="aligncenter" width="417"] The desert ironwood handle complete with red liners[/caption] I used two excellent online tutorials and they turned our purdy good, I reckon. Leather stamping is quite addictive, too, I found out... as did my wife and kids! [caption id="attachment_2370" align="aligncenter" width="384"] A close-up of Stan's leather stamping[/caption] I've used the knife plenty of times already and love it. Have also settled on soft rush being my favourite "go to" firesteel lighting tinder; that stuff is everywhere and is just brilliant at taking sparks. All the best, Stan