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First sheath completed!
- Thread starter CJ Newton
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Looks like your well on the way. 
Are you re purposing that Buck snap? Its hard to find and using the original is a good idea.
Well done and please post new works, this is a great place to learn and grow.
Are you re purposing that Buck snap? Its hard to find and using the original is a good idea.
Well done and please post new works, this is a great place to learn and grow.
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Nice work and my hat is off to you; leather work is my kryptonite.
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Good job my man. I wish I had started at your age. 
How are you doing your stitching? Might consider moving them in a tad, but it's really nice to see a young man doing something other than playing video games. Keep at it. You'll be making great work in no time. :thumbup:
How are you doing your stitching? Might consider moving them in a tad, but it's really nice to see a young man doing something other than playing video games. Keep at it. You'll be making great work in no time. :thumbup:
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CJ Newton :thumbup:
OK - I'm just going to be straight up and say it .
" Bloody good job " ( please excuse the language , but sometimes a bit of cussing is required to express emotion )
I don't remember what I was doing at fourteen , but it sure wasn't creating leatherwork of that standard .
I take my hat off to you and hope you keep up the enthusiasm and creativity .
I'm not going to blow wind up your whistle and say its perfect because its not , but neither is anyone's work here . Just try to improve every sheath you make by small fractions and it will add up in the long run .
Ask questions , read heaps and keep bending leather .
There are people here that know unbelievable amounts of leather voodoo , I am 100% sure they will advise if you ask .
Ken
PS. - I am super happy that you made a folder sheath and not a fixed blade one . Us Folder guys seem to be outnumbered at times
OK - I'm just going to be straight up and say it .
" Bloody good job " ( please excuse the language , but sometimes a bit of cussing is required to express emotion )
I don't remember what I was doing at fourteen , but it sure wasn't creating leatherwork of that standard .
I take my hat off to you and hope you keep up the enthusiasm and creativity .
I'm not going to blow wind up your whistle and say its perfect because its not , but neither is anyone's work here . Just try to improve every sheath you make by small fractions and it will add up in the long run .
Ask questions , read heaps and keep bending leather .
There are people here that know unbelievable amounts of leather voodoo , I am 100% sure they will advise if you ask .
Ken
PS. - I am super happy that you made a folder sheath and not a fixed blade one . Us Folder guys seem to be outnumbered at times
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Good job. Particularly on the molding. I too like the use of the original snap.
Good job my man. I wish I had started at your age.
How are you doing your stitching? Might consider moving them in a tad, but it's really nice to see a young man doing something other than playing video games. Keep at it. You'll be making great work in no time. :thumbup:
I used a stitching awl to stitch this one, but, because of the design (the fact that the belt holds it all together with little pressure on the stitches), I'm going to try on the next one to see how it would work if I just used some 30 minute epoxy. It holds the snap on this one (I know it should be peened, but I had to cut into it to get it off the old sheath), and it is holding up pretty good! If it can hold metal together that well, the leather would be no problem!
P.S.~ I would stitch it if the belt loop was on the back (like the standard 110 sheath), but, since the belt loops are on the sides, I don't see the need other than looks. And, hey, if it breaks, I'll just stitch it! Thankyou for your support.
-CJ
CJ Newton :thumbup:
OK - I'm just going to be straight up and say it .
" Bloody good job " ( please excuse the language , but sometimes a bit of cussing is required to express emotion )
I don't remember what I was doing at fourteen , but it sure wasn't creating leatherwork of that standard .
I take my hat off to you and hope you keep up the enthusiasm and creativity .
I'm not going to blow wind up your whistle and say its perfect because its not , but neither is anyone's work here . Just try to improve every sheath you make by small fractions and it will add up in the long run .
Ask questions , read heaps and keep bending leather .
There are people here that know unbelievable amounts of leather voodoo , I am 100% sure they will advise if you ask .
Ken
PS. - I am super happy that you made a folder sheath and not a fixed blade one . Us Folder guys seem to be outnumbered at times
Thank you very much for the encouragement. It is comments like that that make me want to keep coming back and continuing to do stuff like this. If I have any questions at all, you can bet this is the first place I'd ask!
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By the way, this is the list of things I want to change from this one to the next one:
get a new snap
shorten belt loops (make them smaller to fit the belt better)
make left belt loop about 1/2cm higher than the right one (to fix the problem I had regarding the angle the sheath was riding at)
bevel edges (for looks)
make belt loop corners 90 degrees (instead of the "streamlined" look the prototype has)
rounded edges (for looks)
use thin leather (the same leather used in the prototype) for the front piece (to fit the knife better)
use thick leather (about 1/4 in. thick) for the back piece
harden leather (not sure how to do that, but it would be nice)
use a liner (such as felt or other soft material as to not scratch the knife)
epoxy instead of stitching (see previous posts)
Well, that's all I have for now. Any comments/suggestions are welcome!
Thanks for reading
-CJ
get a new snap
shorten belt loops (make them smaller to fit the belt better)
make left belt loop about 1/2cm higher than the right one (to fix the problem I had regarding the angle the sheath was riding at)
bevel edges (for looks)
make belt loop corners 90 degrees (instead of the "streamlined" look the prototype has)
rounded edges (for looks)
use thin leather (the same leather used in the prototype) for the front piece (to fit the knife better)
use thick leather (about 1/4 in. thick) for the back piece
harden leather (not sure how to do that, but it would be nice
)use a liner (such as felt or other soft material as to not scratch the knife)
epoxy instead of stitching (see previous posts)
Well, that's all I have for now. Any comments/suggestions are welcome!
Thanks for reading
-CJ
Not to brag or anything (well, yeah, actually to brag), but I also made the scales for the knife used in the picture.
Here's a better view:
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The scales look nice!
On epoxy, I'd advise against gluing leather together with it. Single best reason, leather flexes epoxy does not. Your much better off using contact cement which stays flexible and is very strong. Stitching only helps in this instance as well, but on things like the loops there its not really necessary as you already discovered.
On epoxy, I'd advise against gluing leather together with it. Single best reason, leather flexes epoxy does not. Your much better off using contact cement which stays flexible and is very strong. Stitching only helps in this instance as well, but on things like the loops there its not really necessary as you already discovered.
No idea. Just a fallen tree I found in the woods!
The scales look nice!
On epoxy, I'd advise against gluing leather together with it. Single best reason, leather flexes epoxy does not. Your much better off using contact cement which stays flexible and is very strong. Stitching only helps in this instance as well, but on things like the loops there its not really necessary as you already discovered.
Wow, I completely forgot about that! Thank you for pointing it out!