Leather Axe Sheath

DxAxN · Oct 31, 2012

Well I tried my hand at making my own sheath. I am pretty happy with it. I made the template on paper, transferred it to the leather, got it wet to mold to the head. I didnt have a punch so I used a drill for the chicago screws. I put boiled linseed oil on it.

John Frankl · Oct 31, 2012

Looks good.

Do you have a weld in there to keep your edge off the screws?

K1CKtheCHICKEN · Oct 31, 2012

Nice job. It looks very nice. I am wanting to make sheaths for my axe projects, but I have no idea what weight to use etc.

markv · Oct 31, 2012

man i like it

buzz

cooperhill · Oct 31, 2012

i like it. Nice work.

daizee · Nov 1, 2012

Nice job.
I've been puzzling over how to make several without hand-stitching, which is such a pain.
The welt is what slows things down.

DxAxN · Nov 1, 2012

John Frankl said:
Looks good.

Do you have a weld in there to keep your edge off the screws?

yeah I put a 5/16" wide stirp in there

John Frankl · Nov 1, 2012

good to go!

mitch8 · Nov 2, 2012

I like the sheath but if you are gonna make any more I would get a punch set. Punches usually only come out to about a dollar a piece when sold in sets and they make holes so much easier and cleaner than a drill, especially on the large diameters. But there is a real nice look to that set up, I like it.

HoosierQ · Nov 2, 2012

Very, very nice. Those are aluminum "bindery screws" aka "Chicago screws". The welt is a very good idea but that aluminum is not going to dull that steel. The welt however will protect the sides of the leather as the welt will take the cutting edge on. Very well engineered piece of leather work. I like to use Chicago screws. There is much that we in the leather side can learn from the Kydex people and the use of these types of fasteners is one of those lessons...IMHO.