John and J, round two

**John M Cohea** · 07-23-2009, 11:48 AM

Here is the second colabaration between J Neilson and I. This is something a little different for me. For a while I had been thinking on how to do a center seam sheath, and when J sent me a spear point knife, I had to give it a try. It was'nt easy, but it turned out really well I think!
The sheath is veg-tan covered in deer rawhide with deer skin fringe, deer antler crown.brass spots, antique trade beads, snake veratbrae,tin cones, horsehair, and snake skin inlayed in the belt loop.

**sheathmaker** · 07-23-2009, 12:03 PM

Really very nicely done John, and it goes with the spear point knife well. I must admit, however, that my personal taste runs more to your excellent side seam examples.

Paul

**John M Cohea** · 07-23-2009, 12:08 PM

Thanks Paul. I like the side seams a lot too, but I had wanted to try this for a while just to see if I could pull it off. However, due to ths difficulty I had to get this thing right, you won't be seeing very many of this style!

**DC KNIVES** · 07-23-2009, 09:10 PM

That looks fantastic brother John.Dave

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**SBranson** · 07-23-2009, 10:39 PM

Another great sheath and knife too. I did a center seam along the back of a sheath once and I'm really impressed with how clean you got the tip. Mine tended to bunch up a bit and looked a little less clean.

I was using sheepskin so maybe that made a difference. How did you deal with it?
It looks like you actually stretched it around the tip .

**John M Cohea** · 07-23-2009, 11:38 PM

Thanks guys.Scott I did stretch it around the tip, and then bunched the skin up into the seam.If you want to know the truth, I probably just got lucky!

**Keith Montgomery** · 07-23-2009, 11:44 PM

Excellent work John. J. did pretty well himself.

**Greg45** · 07-24-2009, 07:06 AM

Both are beautiful!

**John M Cohea** · 07-25-2009, 08:20 PM

Thanks everyone.

**J. Neilson** · 07-26-2009, 11:15 PM

I know I am, yet again, very please with what John has pulled off here. Looking forward to #3.

**Dusty One** · 07-28-2009, 10:54 AM

Great work on all.................What do you use the snake veratbrae for ?

**John M Cohea** · 07-28-2009, 06:08 PM

Thanks Dusty. To answer your question the snake vertabrae are just another type of authentic beads that I use, although they are probably slightly newer than the mid 1800s glass trade beads that are used on my sheaths.