Leatherman Wave Sheath

harronek

harronek

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I just finished this tonight . Had to take pictures under lights , not sunlight so please excuse the quality .









Ken
 
Nice work good edging and I always like contrast stitching. Just for curiosity is there any reason you leave the edge natural rather than dying? Haven't seen that before in my type of work and I think it's a distinctive look.

Luke
 
luke213 said:
Nice work good edging and I always like contrast stitching. Just for curiosity is there any reason you leave the edge natural rather than dying? Haven't seen that before in my type of work and I think it's a distinctive look.

Luke
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I wish I could take credit for the idea of the different coloured edge - welt but I stole the idea from photos of sheaths made by Mike Tea .
I don't think he makes sheaths anymore , which is a great shame . From the small amount of info I've managed to track down its obvious his talent was out of this world .
The edge on this sheath actually had a very light coat of British Tan dye before I started sanding and finishing it . From my experiments I feel it gives it a richer look than just natural .
I love the effect of the contrasting colours and the white stitching seems to frame it nicely .

Ken
 
Very cool and I certainly see a Mike Tea influence there too, he just kinda dropped off the map for a while, maybe it's cyclic and he'll return, pun intended as he was also an avid cyclist too ;)
G2

edited to add : HEY you gots a Golden Glow about ya Ken :) gone gold, nice sir!
 
Gary W. Graley said:
Very cool and I certainly see a Mike Tea influence there too, he just kinda dropped off the map for a while, maybe it's cyclic and he'll return, pun intended as he was also an avid cyclist too ;)
G2

edited to add : HEY you gots a Golden Glow about ya Ken :) gone gold, nice sir!
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Yes I finally got a Pay Pal account , which is the only way that I could be a paid up member because I'm in Australia , not the USA .
I'm very happy to be " Golden " :)

I hope Mike Tea does start up again . I have searched and searched everywhere for information and only just find bits and pieces about his sheaths .
If anyone has or knows where I can get hold of any of his tutorial stuff I would be over the moon with gratitude .
I believe he did post some tutorial type things in the mid 2000's , but I don't think it was on this forum .

Ken
 
Very nice harronek. Very nice. Inspiring too. I had just recently left the edges on a few of my latest pieces colorless like that. Dont know M. Tea .. just did it one day and liked the look. Some times it looks unfinished (to me) and I would go ahead and dye it again. lol. .. tho I do have a couple that are still bare - now I think I'll leave them alone. :)
 
Really nice work...I have to ask, how did you do the edges around the knife hole? Were they sanded into shape or thinned down and rolled in?
 
Joe R. said:
Really nice work...I have to ask, how did you do the edges around the knife hole? Were they sanded into shape or thinned down and rolled in?
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If you look closely at this photo of the sheath during production , look at the undyed edge of the top of the sheath you can just make out how the leather has been skived , rolled over and glued




Ken
 
harronek said:
...If you look closely at this photo of the sheath during production , look at the undyed edge of the top of the sheath you can just make out how the leather has been skived , rolled over and glued ...
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Thanks, I have never seen that before.

It really gives it a more finished look.
 
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