My first sheath (or any other leather item) ever!

Whiskey River

Whiskey River

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I think it turned out OK!

How do you like it?

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I am seriously having trouble believing this is your first sheath. :D
Damn that's about the nicest first effort I've ever seen and as good as an established maker. Cool design in the tooling too.

Way to go. :thumbup:
 
I saw this over on LW.net and thought the same thing--liar! That can't be your first leatherwork ever! :P

Nicely done, really! My only critiques are that you should be more watchful of tool alignment (there are some areas of your tooled border that don't flow properly), and definitely burnish your edges. A personal-preference-critique would be to make the tooled pattern inside your border flow a little more organically, but that doesn't really have any bearing on how well you did it
 
WOW! I love leather sheaths and I can't believe how good your first one turned out. I've made a couple (nothing like this) and I know how much work goes into them, especially for a large blade. Well done!!
 
Very well done - nice stamp work. It looks like a machine stitch (if not, no offense, actually a compliment) if so what type of machine?
Keith
 
handamerican said:
Very well done - nice stamp work. It looks like a machine stitch (if not, no offense, actually a compliment) if so what type of machine?
Keith
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Thanks guys for the nice comments!

Keith,

Yes it is machine stitching. I just got a Cobra Class 4. Very nice!
 
Whiskey River said:
Thanks guys for the nice comments!

Keith,

Yes it is machine stitching. I just got a Cobra Class 4. Very nice!
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That is a nice machine, from what I hear it's real smooth and dosen't get away from you.

I have a Singer 31-15 with a walking foot and huge clutch motor that's very sensitive. It's powerful and it'll run away from you real quick.

I have a Singer 29-4 with the long arm that I'm going to keep as a treadle. Of course I have to get it stitching first.

I think your machine would work well on shoes too.

Anyway, I know how to keep busy this Winter.
Keith
 
handamerican said:
That is a nice machine, from what I hear it's real smooth and doesn't get away from you.


I think your machine would work well on shoes too.

Anyway, I know how to keep busy this Winter.
Keith
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Keith, this one also has the Electronic Needle Positioning which also means it will stop with the needle either up or down, dependning on which you want at the time. This feature works awesome for the curves and tips. Also, it will do one stitch at a time if thats what you want... so no runaway stitching!

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Whiskey River said:
Keith, this one also has the Electronic Needle Positioning which also means it will stop with the needle either up or down, dependning on which you want at the time. This feature works awesome for the curves and tips. Also, it will do one stitch at a time if thats what you want... so no runaway stitching!

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I'm glad that you posted this. I purchase most of my equipment from Weaver and have had my eye on the Adler they sell that's similar to the Cobra. The Adler price is a little over $5,600.00 and the Cobra with all the bells and whistles (4-25 EPS, I think) is on the Cobra site for $3,700.00 - big diff. They have less expensive machines too which I'm sure do a pretty good job.

I guess it shipped to you as freight, no?

Thanks again,
Keith
 
handamerican said:
I'm glad that you posted this. I purchase most of my equipment from Weaver and have had my eye on the Adler they sell that's similar to the Cobra. The Adler price is a little over $5,600.00 and the Cobra with all the bells and whistles (4-25 EPS, I think) is on the Cobra site for $3,700.00 - big diff. They have less expensive machines too which I'm sure do a pretty good job.

I guess it shipped to you as freight, no?

Thanks again,
Keith
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Go with COBRA..... it'll sew 7/8" with no problems and with EPS you can chose needle down or up.... and do one stitch at a time..... SO nice!

PM sent.
 
Nice indeed, that's what I'm talkin' about :)
G2
 
With this being your first attempt your second is going to pale in comparison to this one!!! JJ.
Seriously beautiful work!!!!
 
That is nothing short of a work of art. It's a very hansom sheath. I've never seen anything quite like it. (All I've ever seen are crummy old production sheaths--just plain and ugly ones). Your sheath must have taken weeks to craft. Very well done. I'd like to see what you could do as far as knife-making. Who knows--you might surprise yourself.
 
Thanks guys!

As for knife making, that's another area I really have wanted to do for about 25 years and never got into it! The problem has always been one of not enough time and/or money at the same time!!

I have all the tools for leather work at this time, so that's what I need to stick with... but man!! I'd sure like to make some cool knives.... someday perhaps!

I appreciate all the nice comments!
 
Actually, I've had luck making knives just out of old tool files. (Got a pretty good burn on
my arm too..) That's probably the cheapest method I've ever known of. I've also met guys whom have hammered knives out of old horse shoes, railroad spikes, old saw blades.. It's hard to find a file for larger (8+ in. blades), but typical tool files can make a good, solid and reliable 5 in. blade. It's not a difficult task (as compared to forging and working with sheet stock) to make a knife like that. Sort of fun too. (Plus you don't have to fry in the heat or hammer until it feels as if your arm will fall off. Tried it. Never
doing it again.)

It takes alot of work, but if you have a sander or grinder, I'd assume that could speed up the process. Soften the tool file, grind and bevel, and then heat-treat. Well, there's more to it, but that's the jist of it. Then you can add scales of some material or other. That would be an inexpensive, simpler method for you to try your hand at it. What few I've ever done were kept simple--but you, considering that sheath you've made..you could probably make a fantastic knife. You obviously have a talent.
 
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