Mad Toad Leathercraft & Knives Hattutupippuukko #12

The 3  1/8 inch knife blade is carbon steel and was made by Altti Kankaanpaa (Finland).  It is extremely sharp.  This would be a fine tool for a Viking artisan.  The knife handle is made of buckthorn wood and has accent pieces of tortoise shell acrylic and micarta along with a nickel silver bolster.  

The sheath is made of veg. tanned steer hide and is hand stitched.  There is no wooden core inside the lower part.  The attachment cord is a leather thong.  To remove the knife from the sheath, first pull down on the attachment cords on each side of the sheath where the "hat" meets the body of the sheath as shown in one photo.  This will give an inch or two of slack.  Now the "hat" can be removed and the knife carefully withdrawn from the sheath.  Reverse the procedure to put knife back in sheath.  Keep the parts of the cord that slide through the slots lubricated a bit with leather dressing.  A little chap stuck here works surprisingly well for this purpose.