Hickory n steel
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First of all, merry Christmas to all the fine enablers ( I mean folks ) here on the Buck forum.
Now as many of you probably know , Im a lefty and make my own sheaths unless I like the factory sheath and Buck offers a left handed option.
Well it was a big no on both those points for the 113 ranger, I don't like where it rides and Buck doesn't offer a left handed option anyways.
Well I set it out to make a sheath and darn it if this isn't the nicest sheath I've ever made in the almost 10 years of amateurishly making my own sheaths.
On Christmas Eve of all days everything miraculously went right and I made a sheath that is not only functional and relatively sturdy as most of my sheaths are, It actually looks surprisingly decent with no glaring flaws and the fit is just how I like it. ( Besides a couple holes out of line near the tip )
I don't know what I did differently but I sure needs to figure it out, because I never thought I could make a sheath with equal F&F to a factory Buck sheath.
The streaks were not intentional because I simply don't know the trick to using brown leather dye yet, but I do like the way it looks.
Just thought you guys might like to see this sheath, I'm very happy with this one and hope it's a sign of future quality.
Now as many of you probably know , Im a lefty and make my own sheaths unless I like the factory sheath and Buck offers a left handed option.
Well it was a big no on both those points for the 113 ranger, I don't like where it rides and Buck doesn't offer a left handed option anyways.
Well I set it out to make a sheath and darn it if this isn't the nicest sheath I've ever made in the almost 10 years of amateurishly making my own sheaths.
On Christmas Eve of all days everything miraculously went right and I made a sheath that is not only functional and relatively sturdy as most of my sheaths are, It actually looks surprisingly decent with no glaring flaws and the fit is just how I like it. ( Besides a couple holes out of line near the tip )
I don't know what I did differently but I sure needs to figure it out, because I never thought I could make a sheath with equal F&F to a factory Buck sheath.
The streaks were not intentional because I simply don't know the trick to using brown leather dye yet, but I do like the way it looks.
Just thought you guys might like to see this sheath, I'm very happy with this one and hope it's a sign of future quality.
