Timber Framing Slicks

[Yotie]

Happy New Year all .... thought this was interesting since I’ve never held any timber framing slicks ... some of you may find this cool as well. A gentleman showed up at my leather shop and asked if I could make some leather sheaths/scabbards for a couple of older slicks. Here’s a pic of the nine I did .... and he says there are more. My understanding is he had a fire in his shop, and most the handles burned and were lost. Apparently an Amish woodworker turned new handles.

[hbmcc]

They certainly look nice and the boots (sheaths) are great. But, don't they need to be retempered, or whatever the term is?

[Yotie]

Thanks .... I have no idea about the re-tempering after being in a fire. Maybe depends on how hot they got.