knife sheath glue?

Contact cement - the stuff you put a layer on both items and let it sit for a bit (about 15 minutes) and press the 2 pieces together. It will harden/cure with time. Don't get cement anywhere you will want stain as it will not let the stain penetrate the leather. However, if you do get cement somewhere you don't want you can remove it with a pencil eraser. TONS of info over in the Sheath Forum. Good luck!
 
Reynaldo,
Tandy Leather by me most often recommends contact cement/adhesive for leather on leather. I’ve been known to use gorilla glue (but its not the best because of the high expansion). I’d wait for a more informed answer about what glue to use for animal skins. Snake skin inlay is one of the things I intend to try this year. Good luck.
Ray

Jason, gorilla glue works good for “instant sheaths” if you can compress it while it sets up. But I wouldn’t use it for any presentation/saleable pieces. Their low expansion stuff may be a different story but I haven’t tried it yet.
 
I know with inlays most will take contact cement but not all will, check out the sheath forum as this is a topic thats been discussed over there by a lot of guys who really know what they're talking about... (not that anybody here doesn't, not what I mean at all!) :)
 
I use Weldwood contact cement made by Dap. It is available at any Lowe's, Home Depot, Wal Mart, ect.I use it for all applications of sheathmaking, including using it to glue both snakeskin and rawhide to veg-tan. It's cheaper and easier to get than Barge cement and the results are the same. To glue braintanned buckskin to veg-tan, I use Tacky Glue, which is a white craft glue that I buy at Hobby Lobby or Wal Mart.
 
I'll throw in my 2 cents worth--- I use the water base contact cement. No explosive fumes like regular contact cement and it seems to hold just as well on leather. The only problem being it has a tendency to glue the lid on the container. I usually put the glue in an old honey mustard container. The squeeze bottle type with the flip cap that has a hole about 1/2 inch in diameter. A small acid brush will just fit through the hole.

Jim Arbuckle
 
Weldwood forf me too, when Sandy tells you do something you don't question it, you just do it. :)
 
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