Antle Knife: Making a Sami-Style Knife Handle and Sheath
This book’s detailed step-by-step instructions concern 1) selecting and preparing the material for the knife’s handle and sheath (e.g., the antler, the leather, the wood and the bark), then 2) using the material to build a classic and authentic antler knife the Scandinavian way. Most of the comprehensive and valuable instructions in this book, whose author lives in northern Sweden, concern the intricacies of working with antler, a subject in which the author has over 50 years of experience. The instructions will help you to avoid mistakes and to learn important procedures, tricks and tips so you can develop your own style. Although the author uses reindeer antler for this knife, he explains you could also use moose or caribou antler. The author says, “I hope this book will lower the reader’s learning threshold for working with antler, easing the knifemaker into this amazing hobby, and inspire readers to use their imagination and do something new”. Hardcover, 112 pages, 208 color photos and drawings, 10-in. x 7-in x .5-in.
This book’s detailed step-by-step instructions concern 1) selecting and preparing the material for the knife’s handle and sheath (e.g., the antler, the leather, the wood and the bark), then 2) using the material to build a classic and authentic antler knife the Scandinavian way. Most of the comprehensive and valuable instructions in this book, whose author lives in northern Sweden, concern the intricacies of working with antler, a subject in which the author has over 50 years of experience. The instructions will help you to avoid mistakes and to learn important procedures, tricks and tips so you can develop your own style.
Although the author uses reindeer antler for this knife, he explains you could also use moose or caribou antler.
The author says, “I hope this book will lower the reader’s learning threshold for working with antler, easing the knifemaker into this amazing hobby, and inspire readers to use their imagination and do something new”.
Hardcover, 112 pages, 208 color photos and drawings, 10-in. x 7-in x .5-in.
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These ridges are made only on the external side of the antler sheath top. They<br />
do not extend around to the other side.<br />
To make the ridges begin by drawing two sets of horizontal lines (photo 106)<br />
about 5/64-inch (2 mm) wide <strong>and</strong> at least 1/8-inch (3 mm) apart. The topmost<br />
part of the antler is not a ridge, although it protrudes a bit. There are only two<br />
ridges.<br />
File down the 1/8-inch space in between the ridges by approximately 5/64-inch<br />
(2 mm).<br />
105 <strong>and</strong> 106 – On the right-h<strong>and</strong> side of the sheath (i.e. the external side) draw the lines delimiting the<br />
width of the two ridges which will be used for fastening the leather part of the sheath to the antler part.<br />
On the left-h<strong>and</strong> side (i.e. the internal, or body side) make a pencil mark (photo to the left) corresponding<br />
to where the bottom of the lower ridge will be on external side.<br />
107 – A good method to remove the antler between<br />
the ridges is to use a thin saw to saw down slightly<br />
into the antler making thin strips that can easily be<br />
broken off with a blunt knife.<br />
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