Originally posted by pendentive
there are other threads...?
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I've never used anything besides waxed thread. Guess I deserve the pain...
I recommend............
Mid-Continent Leather Sales Co.: Oklahoma, 1-800-926-2061. Mail-order or store at 1539 S. Yale, Tulsa. Leather and hardware.
They have a multitude of supplies of all sorts and ship all over the country.
Thier vegetable tanned leath is very comparable to the "Live Oak" that Tandy used to, (may still?), handle.
I understood they had a website, but I'm not finding it. We buy our commercial deer and elkskin from them as well as the partial cowhides that I like to work with when someone can get me to do it.
Dan there's a multitude of threads out in the market place. I generally use what's known as artificial sinew. It's a waxed nylon thread in straight fibers that can be pulled apart for multiple sized threads.
You can strip it down to the size of regular sewing thread if you so desire.
It also comes in several colors, but the light tan is closer to what real sinew appears and is the most popular.
I also have a couple of spools of dark brown and one spool of purple that have been gifted to me.
Spun flax used to be "The Thread" to sew leather goods with and it lasted many, many years, but it took care to do that.
The nylon threads of today are the best IMO.
Dan the sheath in the top left is a good example of a leather sheath.
I used 4 layers of 8-10 ounce leather for the welt on the spine side and one layer of welt on the edge side.
The khuk slides in and out with just a little drag, which is what I prefer.
When you have your sheath designed lay it exactly out with corgugated cardboard and rubber cement the edges and welts together.
The finished cardboard sheath will tell you how the khuks will fit pretty dayumed close.
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