2025 Scholarship Auction Build

[civilsmoker]

So the auction is about 5 weeks out so I needed to get busy and finish the scabbard.....

Got a nice grainy piece of hickory and got it trimmed up and the brass pins set.... There is a gap because that is where the leather wrap will be....

Doing a color match of the true oil and handle....I actually searched through a bunch of my hickory stock to find a piece that would color match ...

side two color match.... This makes me happy and excited on how this scabbard is going to add to the whole package......

 

[civilsmoker]

Ok the auction is next week so we are down to the wire....

got the sheath epoxied, shaped, and finished....

Then the final task.....epoxy the retention strap and stitch the leather wrap. To epoxy the strap, I used the mill to make a channel and the a little bit of epoxy and then the wrap. I'm rather happy with the look and feel of this combo!

the "together shot"

The final step is to sharpen it, will do that over the weekend and the start showing it over next week for the live auction on Tuesday!

 

[JIMSMOKES]

Absolutely beautiful!

 

[Brokenhandle]

Ok the auction is next week so we are down to the wire....

got the sheath epoxied, shaped, and finished....
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Then the final task.....expoxy the retention strap and stitch the leather wrap. To epoxy the strap, I used the mill to make a channel and the a little bit of epoxy and then the wrap. I'm rather happy with the look and feel of this combo!
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the "together shot"
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The final step is to sharpen it, will do that over the weekend and the start showing it over next week for the live auction on Tuesday!

Very nice!

Ryan

 

[JLinza]

Beautiful. Another great one in the books. Very nice work

 

[clifish]

Ok the auction is next week so we are down to the wire....

got the sheath epoxied, shaped, and finished....
View attachment 726683

Then the final task.....epoxy the retention strap and stitch the leather wrap. To epoxy the strap, I used the mill to make a channel and the a little bit of epoxy and then the wrap. I'm rather happy with the look and feel of this combo!
View attachment 726685

the "together shot"
View attachment 726684

The final step is to sharpen it, will do that over the weekend and the start showing it over next week for the live auction on Tuesday!

Is it a live audience auction or can be bid online? This might be your best one yet!

 

[civilsmoker]

Absolutely beautiful!

Many thanks Jim!

Very nice!

Ryan

Thanks Ryan! One of these days I will make one for me!

 

[civilsmoker]

Beautiful. Another great one in the books. Very nice work

Thanks JL! Check check goes the project….im always nervous till they cut paper cause you can always have a moment and well make a mess of it!

Is it a live audience auction or can be bid online? This might be your best one yet!

Much appreciated clifish! It is an in person auction with and auctioneer and all. One of the past high bidders isn’t going to be in attendance this year so some one may get a steal of a deal!

As a side note, this one from a Damascus side wasn’t and complicated as last years (the cu mai was /is “way” technical) but there are many many other technical aspects to this one and they all came together nicely!