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Making a sheath for a Survive! 4.7. Just covering the prettying up part of it. A friend of mine with much more artsy sense than I do drew this up.
The pattern on manilla.
Drew my own interpretation of the drawing, considering it has to go on leather. You do not have to be an artist to do this stuff, obviously.
Make a photocopy.
Sheath blank.
Set the adjustable stitch groover for about 1/2" and mark a border.
Rejoice in your orderliness.
DON'T cut past the halfway mark.
Cut the middle line.
Photocopy that thing.
Don't cut tight to the pattern, you need room to mark the outside.
Wet that leather, go have a drink, smoke, or both.
Lay it out, prep your trusty red pen.
Trace over your pattern carefully.
Somewhat tree like, win!
Cut your lines in with the swivel knife.
Cutting away.
Time to start beveling. Using a smooth bevel stamp.
In progress.
Your beveler won't get into all the tiny little buttcracks, you'll have to use your molding tool a lot.
Like so...
Exteriors beveled.
Breaking out the pebbled background stamp.
Yes, these guys suck to use as much as you'd think they do from looking at them.
Interior done'ish.
Moar done'ish.
Veined pear shader and a lot of tiny little swivel knife cuts.
Go go pebbled backgrounder! Love it.
Wet and ready, oo baby.
Antique gel, sheepskin type stuff for spreading it, and a paper towel wrapped around a ruler to smooth the top out.
Me = Over the moon!
Dressed up.
Acrylic finish, it will seal whatever you drop it on, be careful!
Acrylic'ed up.
Time to see if that stuff works, dark brown dye.
Yeeeessssssssssssssss....
Dropping the acrylic resist in the wrong place can ruin your piece. Contrary to sensibility, it's best to use a good brush (I bought some paint brushes from Hobby Lobby) and load it down, it seems to leak less loaded up than when you don't put much on there.
The pattern on manilla.
Drew my own interpretation of the drawing, considering it has to go on leather. You do not have to be an artist to do this stuff, obviously.
Make a photocopy.
Sheath blank.
Set the adjustable stitch groover for about 1/2" and mark a border.
Rejoice in your orderliness.
DON'T cut past the halfway mark.
Cut the middle line.
Photocopy that thing.
Don't cut tight to the pattern, you need room to mark the outside.
Wet that leather, go have a drink, smoke, or both.
Lay it out, prep your trusty red pen.
Trace over your pattern carefully.
Somewhat tree like, win!
Cut your lines in with the swivel knife.
Cutting away.
Time to start beveling. Using a smooth bevel stamp.
In progress.
Your beveler won't get into all the tiny little buttcracks, you'll have to use your molding tool a lot.
Like so...
Exteriors beveled.
Breaking out the pebbled background stamp.
Yes, these guys suck to use as much as you'd think they do from looking at them.
Interior done'ish.
Moar done'ish.
Veined pear shader and a lot of tiny little swivel knife cuts.
Go go pebbled backgrounder! Love it.
Wet and ready, oo baby.
Antique gel, sheepskin type stuff for spreading it, and a paper towel wrapped around a ruler to smooth the top out.
Me = Over the moon!
Dressed up.
Acrylic finish, it will seal whatever you drop it on, be careful!
Acrylic'ed up.
Time to see if that stuff works, dark brown dye.
Yeeeessssssssssssssss....
Dropping the acrylic resist in the wrong place can ruin your piece. Contrary to sensibility, it's best to use a good brush (I bought some paint brushes from Hobby Lobby) and load it down, it seems to leak less loaded up than when you don't put much on there.
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