Could be a bit better in hindsight since I learned a few things but I’m pretty happy with it nonetheless. Made from poplar, carved it all by hand, filed and sanded it, has neodymium magnets embedded inside to hold the knife and scabbard together, stained the wood and painted into the carvings with white enamel paint and then waxed the whole thing.
Wood work is fun.
Thanks, and yes I found the paint was a necessity here. Because of how the grain runs and how the stain turned out - I saw that in spots like those finer flowers toward the tip, that the carving was kind of ‘washed out’ and hard to see the shape of, so the paint helps a lot.