How To puukko question

ugh actually i am agonizing over dying it or not, help me decide if i just darken up the natural color with mineral oil or dye it all black, have a test piece of dyed leather to compare. i am leaning towards natural ...but i did go out of my way to get leather dye for this. the single hardest choice in the whole build.
 
Don't dye it. Most puukko have natural leather sheaths. Oil and wax is the norm.
appreciate the reassurance, the natural look fits better imo. knowing modern leather dyes and especially black only being like 300 years old kinda made me feel like i would regret it if i dyed. black with stamping is a good look still i will probably make a more average type of side-seamed sheath for my old skrama 80 with that kind of look so my extra leather and dye dont go to waste.
 
If you want to accentuate the carving and only slightly tint the leather first apply neatsfoot oil. Then after it has dried, apply tan color Antique Finish. Rub off the antiquing right after it is applied. Rub and buff with a soft cloth. It will stay in the cuts/stampings, but mostly rub off the smooth surfaces. Once that is dry, apply a coat of Leather Balm with Atom Wax
 
If you want to accentuate the carving and only slightly tint the leather first apply neatsfoot oil. Then after it has dried, apply tan color Antique Finish. Rub off the antiquing right after it is applied. Rub and buff with a soft cloth. It will stay in the cuts/stampings, but mostly rub off the smooth surfaces. Once that is dry, apply a coat of Leather Balm with Atom Wax
again thanks for all the information, thats another great tip i really do appreciate it all the info you have shared!
added the dangler strap last night and refinished the horn and brass sections. didnt have to hand sand up every grit to 2k like i usually do for brass as i found my dremel buffing wheel (wow makes a even polish much easier to obtain i usually always just hand polish but those rouge tru oil drips were really difficult to remove evenly with sandpaper so i took the risk).
 
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haha was just touching up the blade thinking to myself" i know these are edge hardened up pretty high but this is ridiculous" for like 40 minutes before i realized i was using the 6000 grit side of my king stone and not the 1k like i thought
 
thanks for the resource, heres how the peening went, ended up going with regular g10 slices instead birch bark. what i could get a hold of crumbled apart on me during cutting and peeling only had a few usable pieces by the end.

That sucks dude, good birch bark doesn't do that... I would see about trading with someone who lives up north rather than buying it!
 
just finished my first sheath and wondered if there were any 3d printable leather stamps floating around, worked out pretty good i think. try searching for stamps made for clay on stl hosting sites if you cant find leather specific ones,
doesnt look half bad, better than my stitching anyways lol. the rolling patterned discs work especially well
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Nice job!!!👌
 
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