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Main Discussion Area => Primitive Skills => Topic started by: catfishon on March 09, 2008, 04:33:20 pm

Title: leather workers knife
Post by: catfishon on March 09, 2008, 04:33:20 pm

a guy in alaska wanted me to make this to cut leather.
hope it works well for him. i tried it on some thin pieces i have and it cut like paper.
handle is elk.
(http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s73/catfishon/knives/DSCN2731.jpg)
(http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s73/catfishon/knives/DSCN2732.jpg)

Title: Re: leather workers knife
Post by: huntertrapper on March 09, 2008, 04:51:16 pm

its like a ulu or however its said and the knife was invented by inuits i think.

Title: Re: leather workers knife
Post by: catfishon on March 09, 2008, 04:55:34 pm

this one was copied from one i saw on tandy leathers web site

Title: Re: leather workers knife
Post by: Justin Snyder on March 09, 2008, 07:52:04 pm

Great fleshing knives also, once you get the hang of it.  The Inuit use it in much the same fashion as a leather worker. Thinning or fleshing whale/walrus skin must be the true test. Justin

Title: Re: leather workers knife
Post by: DanaM on March 09, 2008, 09:04:32 pm

Thought about makin one of these myself since I started doin a little leather work, I have an ulu in the works.

Catfish is it fairly thin steel? And did you harden it or leave it softer for easy sharpening?

Looks like it will do the job.

Title: Re: leather workers knife
Post by: catfishon on March 09, 2008, 09:35:43 pm

it is really hard steel and is 2mm thick.  i use old saw blades for my knives as i get them free from my work. there not like skill saw blades, these are real hard carbon steel used to cut metal.

Title: Re: leather workers knife
Post by: DanaM on March 10, 2008, 02:43:09 pm

Thanks eh