antigoth24 Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 I was starting to become very embarrassed when people would ask me if I had a knife I made on me and all I would ever have is a crappy knife I made a few years ago that more resembles a shiv then a proper knife, so when I could stand it no more I made myself a simple leuku. This knife is common in northern Europe and often used by the Sammi reindeer herders. I have recently come to enjoy these knives and decided to make one just for me. The blade is 1090 with hamon and measures 5 1/2 inches long, copper ferrule leather spacers and Minnesota birch burl. My fiance and I were hunting pasque flowers this morning when I took this photo, new knife for a new spring. All comments are welcome, but since this one is mine I wasn't too fussy about it being a very nice knife, just simple and utilitarian. It also has a simple brown pouch sheath not shown in the picture as I was too lazy to take it off my belt for the photo :) Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitch4ging Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Robert, she's a keeper to be shure! You can show this one off. :) ! I've always been nervous of knives without some sort of hand guard, but thats just me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfootnampa Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 A really pretty knife!!!! Simple design contrasts nicely with the SPECTACULAR figure in the handle! Nice finish on that handle too! Just a truly lovely tool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Frosty Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Robert: Thanks for just posting the pic, the photobucket site seems to be more pitch than pics. You have a nice series of blades but I couldn't tell which you were referring to. This post fixes it for me. Very nice blade, I love well finished birch burl, it's not well known but it can be spectacular. Being a for follows function guy I'm much more attracted to utility than pretty, I think you've nailed both. More than the simple utilitarian design your fit and finish is beautiful. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loneforge Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Nice Job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antigoth24 Posted April 28, 2014 Author Share Posted April 28, 2014 Thanks for the comments guys :) Frosty, I know what you mean I always prefer something that is functional first and pretty second. I feel like half of the beauty is in the use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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