1st sheath for 3rd knife

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porterb123

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Wanted to try my hand at sheath making. Stan loaned me a dvd set on how to make a sheath. Can't remember the guys name:o This was made from Tandy leather and dyed British Tan and sealed with a matt finish, also from Tandy.
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The last pics show a few scratches on the blade and it is staining a little bit. I went to Memphis last weekend and did a crawfish boil. We used this knife to cut up 3 to 4 bags of lemmons, potatoes, Artichokes, corn, sausage and onions. It would still shave after all that but it took a little more pressure. This was after the wife used it for half of the cutting and noticed she was cutting the formica table top, then switched to a cutting board!!
Good heat treat Stan!
 
Good lookin sheath for your first.Glad to hear the knife proformed well,you might want to look at the edge with a little magnification and see if yur getting any chipping.
Stan
 
Nothing really it's just at 61Rc just wanting to see how the edge hold up.
Staan
 
After the dye and seal and boning of the sheath, the leather is hard. Does it need to be treated with a leather conditioner like neetsfoot oil? The fit of the knife is tight. I did the hump on the welt to hit the choil area, so it does snap into the sheath.
 
Great looking sheath for a great looking knife. Of course you got the hand backwards if you're going to be giving it to me. :-)

The leather will be hard after, especially after certain dies. I found that Tandy's standard die is really bad for this. Some sort of leather treatment should be applied. I like Neetsfoot oil (many do not). A trick with treating the leather is to coat it liberally, then put the sheath in a ziploc bag and in your car for a bit on a hot summer day. Heating the leather lets it soak up the treatment better. Stay away from the temptation to use the oven. You will inevitably forget it and have bacon when you're done.

Charlie
 
Nice job wet forming that sheath. It looks like retention should be really good.

I like your knife too. It's a really sleek design that should work well for a lot of things. The handle looks mighty comfortable too.
 
Nice looking sheath...and knife there! For an excellent leather treatment, try a blend of neatsfoot oil and beeswax. Some people use it at a 1-1 ratio, but I use about 20% more neatsfoot oil (I find it too stiff otherwise) and melt it in with the wax in a pot. After the stuff cools down and sets up, you can whip it into a buttery paste...I used an electric mixer. It works really well. To have it absorb into the leather better, just go over the sheath with warm air from a hair dryer or something like that.
 
The sheath looks very good and is well formed. What did you use as the wetting agent?

Charlie
 
Looks good! Nicely cut and sewn. Well-formed for retention. Unlike my first sheath, it does not have fingernail marks from the wet-forming.
 
One thing I always worry about when I see simple foldover sheaths like this is whether the blade will slice the stitching. Maybe I'm just paranoid, but I always prefer to have an inner liner, so to speak, that keeps the edge separated from the stitching.
 
IF it was not it, get Chuck's DVD at Wild Rose Leather. Invaluable resource.
Thanks for sharing, good looking first try. :thumbup:
 
have an extra strip of leather between the the two parts thet get stiched (so you go trough 3 layers)
The knife edge can touch the strip without cutting the stitching
 
I just noticed the words "Traders Village" on the calendar. Do you live in Houston? I used to go to the Trader's Village there.
 
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