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So after expressing some interest at trying my hand at leather working, a fellow member (oldschool45) was kind enough to send me some leather, stitching needles, and some waxed sinew to give sheathmaking a shot. I decided my first attempts would be on my BK-2 and BK-11 as my other knives are mostly HI kukris and would require a bit more material and experience to make sheaths for.
This is my first ever attempt and I've only invested a couple of hours into it so far. Considering that I nearly messed it up due to a lack of planning or real measuring, I was rather amazed at what I produced. I opted for a very simple fold over design with a loop for firesteel. And yes - I was heavily inspired by mooosez45's vertical carry sheath - he's rather talented and does some downright amazing work. I still have to refit it for some custom scales, do the stitching and dye it, but I so far so good by my standards:
Secondly, I also ordered some cocobolo scales to make my Beckers a bit more snazzy. These ones for my BK-11:
And these ones for my BK-2:
This part of the project is proving to be a bit more difficult though due to my lack of any stationary power tools (I only have a dremel and drill). A scroll saw, planer, belt sander and a grinder would probably make this a hell of a lot easier, but my method is actually proving to be pretty enjoyable (albeit rather time consuming). I've spent about an hour so far and have only done the basic shaping of a single scale for my BK-2... all the work was done with the BK-11 and mora with some help from the rasp/file combo (all pictured). Ignore the saw - I gave up on that about a minute in
. My plan is to do all the initial shaping and thickness reduction using my BK-11/mora/rasp. I'll then fit the scales, drill the holes for the screws, then finish the shaping with a sanding drum attachment for my dremel. I'll then do the final finishing using good ol sandpaper. A lot of work ahead 
This is my first ever attempt and I've only invested a couple of hours into it so far. Considering that I nearly messed it up due to a lack of planning or real measuring, I was rather amazed at what I produced. I opted for a very simple fold over design with a loop for firesteel. And yes - I was heavily inspired by mooosez45's vertical carry sheath - he's rather talented and does some downright amazing work. I still have to refit it for some custom scales, do the stitching and dye it, but I so far so good by my standards:

Secondly, I also ordered some cocobolo scales to make my Beckers a bit more snazzy. These ones for my BK-11:

And these ones for my BK-2:

This part of the project is proving to be a bit more difficult though due to my lack of any stationary power tools (I only have a dremel and drill). A scroll saw, planer, belt sander and a grinder would probably make this a hell of a lot easier, but my method is actually proving to be pretty enjoyable (albeit rather time consuming). I've spent about an hour so far and have only done the basic shaping of a single scale for my BK-2... all the work was done with the BK-11 and mora with some help from the rasp/file combo (all pictured). Ignore the saw - I gave up on that about a minute in



