I'll try to keel numbering the photos so if anyone has any questions it'll make it easier.
1. Paper template taped to a piece of leather with shipping tape, keeps everything in place while I cut. A hard template would be ideal, but for now, this is working pretty good. Each time I use it, it gets another layer of tape and a little more solid.
2. This piece will get folded back on itself to make the back portion of the sheath and where the belt will go through. It allows the finished side of the leather inside against the blade instead of the rough side. It also makes a for a sturdy sheath.
3.Skiving down the leather and thinning it out towards both tips with a hand skiver. That lets the sheath taper and prevents it from being a klunky knife box.
4.It's hard to tell, but the leather in between my fingers is thinner than at the bend.
5.Wetting the leather to be able to form the belt loop and line things up.
6. Folded in half, hammered, lined up and carefully trimmed so that the two pieces meet as close as possible.
7. Making sure everything is gonna work out.
8. What will become the front piece of the sheath is layed in between and cut out so that it fits.
9. The front piece being marked to fit the guard. This piece will be lined with pigskin to cover the rough side.