New guy sayin' Hi!

[John M Cohea]

Hi ya'll! My name is John M Cohea, and I'm a knivemaker/leatherworker from Nettleton, MS.I was told my work would be a good fit here, so I thought I'd join up and show ya'll a few things. I work mainly in frontier primitave style, and most of my sheaths are covered in rawhide or braintanned deerskin. The first sheath is one I made for another knifemaker, and the rest of the pics is stuff I made , sheaths and the hawk and knife.

[Kid Terico]

JMC welcome aboard. Nice to have u here . Great bunch of pards on this site. Very nice work.Nice to see some thing different. KT

[GunClick Rick]

Wy i be another good one~~HOWDY!

[Marshal Will Wingam]

That's some good looking work, John. Your stuff is very interesting. I really like the hawk. The inset head is a really cool look. What kind of cord did you use to secure it? That gives me some ideas....... Thanks for the pics.

Welcome to the forum. Looking forward to more of your posts.

[Dave Cole]

Good to see you over here brother.Great group of folks.Dave 

[Ned Buckshot]

Welcome John, you're going to love it here. Nicest bunch of folks you'll ever have the pleasure of dealin with.

I like the items you posted, keep 'em coming.

Ned

[Arizona Cattleman]

Welcome John, your work is really great.  These are a great bunch of pards and we look forward to getting to know you.

AZ Cattleman

[John M Cohea]

Thanks guys! I look forward to getting to know ya'll, seeing some cool stuff, and of course showing off more of my work.
  Marshal Will, the head is wrapped in rawhide, but what you can't see is 4 steel pins that actually secure the head to the haft, hidden beneath the wrappings. This style hawk has proven to be pretty popular for me. I wanted to make something that was based on the old stone head hawks with a bit of a more modern flair.These hawks look cool, but they are also 100 percent fully functional as well.

[Josh Dabney]

John,

Always great bumping into you.  Glad to see you made it. A little birdie told me you may be stoppin in fer a visit so hang yer hat on a nail an kick yer boots up an sit a spell.

-Josh   

[Gun Butcher]

Welcome John,your style is more like what I am use to seeing. Being an ol' buckskinner it makes me feel right ay home.
Or in other words, that thar plunder truly shines it do.

[Johnny McCrae]

Welcome John,

Beautiful! Viewing your work is like going to an Old West Museum. We look forward to seeing more of your talents.

[JD Alan]

Howdy John, welcome to the Forum. Your work is excellent, far above my "Pay Grade". I'm still learning the basics of this craft, and the fellas here have been a huge help. I look forward forward to seeing more of your work.
     

[Ten Wolves Fiveshooter]

   Howdy John M Cohea

       Welcome to the Leather Shop, by looking at your work, I can see you been at this for a while, your pieces are beautiful to say the least, I really like period looking leather, and your sheaths are right on, your use of rawhide really looks good and the bead work too, I like the Hawk,and the way you secured it to the handle, did you use sinew ? We hope you will enjoy the forum, as much as we do, and we will look for more beautiful work from you in the future.

                    Again Welcome Pard

                         Regards

                     tEN wOLVES 

[Marshal Will Wingam]

Thanks for the info, John. I was wondering how you could secure that enough to be functionable. Great work. I like the idea of the hidden pins. Very innovative.

[John M Cohea]

Thanks for all the kind words fellas, shore do 'preciate it! I will be posting more of my work for sure. If any of ya'll would like to plunder around at my website the address is  http://jmcknives.blademakers.com .Jump in there and take a look .

[Ten Wolves Fiveshooter]

Howdy John

     Just checked out your web site, very nice, and plenty of neat things to look at, thanks for sharing , I made this one a book mark.


                 Regards

              tEN wOLVES