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Yvsa

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expanding on this a bit and telling us exactly how to do it?
What do you sew it with, etc.
I think it would be of great interest here and a good way to replace the brass chapes for those who would like to do so.
I had never thought of using such material and I have noticed that it is much thicker than the deer rawhide I have made.

Picked off another forum by a good Cherokee post thief.
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You can get some nice cheap rawhide at the local "doggy store". Those rawhide treats when soaked in hot water will open up to a nice piece of leather ready to sew and let dry. I use the same rawhide to sew caps over my leather sheaths to help prevent the blade tips from comeing through...seems to work great on my home made Cold Steel Trailmaster sheath and my Ka-Bar sheath.</font>
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"VEGETARIAN".............
Indin word for lousy hunter.
 
1. Got my UBE and 15" AK today.
2. UBE is AWSOME HUGE and feels like it will cut a tank in half but could not find any M80 tanks in my yard to try it on.
3. 15" AK has a feel like it was made just for me and my small hands. Took it out and chopped some bamboo. Even the small springy branches were severed with very little effort. I LIKE THESE BABIES!.

Okay, go to the doggies store and find a nice big rawhide chew bone (one that looks like a big leg bone with the knobs on the end).
Then you soak it in hot water for a couple of hours until you can untie the knob parts and open up the whole piece of rawhide.
While the hide is still damp and plyable trace out the outline of what you want to cover and then flip 180deg. and trace the other side. This should give you a mirror image of the 1st. side with a small gap between the tracings.
Fold over the rawhide and make sewing holes through both sides that will line up.
Place rawhide on part while still damp and kind of floppy and sew both parts together over your project drawing the rawhide ends together with your thread or sinue...I use synthetic sinue which acts like the real stuff and you can buy it in spool at the leather shops.
When you are done the rawhide should form to the project as if it was molded.
Now, let the rawhide dry and it will turn very hard and tighten up snuggley around your project.
I have put caps over my handmade sheaths for my Cold Steel Trailmaster, and my Ka-Bar.
Depending on the color of the rawhide you start with you might be able to stain it a darker color if you need it colored.

Hope this helps
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and MAN I like these Khukuries!!!!!!
OH, BTW, when I sew I use 2 needles and pass through the hole twice and sinch up on both ends of the sinue but you can sew with a crossover stitch also if you want a flatter sewn line.

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Ron,
Bremerton, Washington
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[This message has been edited by muzzleup (edited 02-20-2001).]
 
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Thanks Ron!!
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I use a lot of the artificial sinew as well and the double needle saddle stitch is the strongest ever.
A baseball stitch would also look nice on this project.

Oh, and did I hear you say you liked your khukuri's? hehehehe
Yup, you're really doomed now.
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"VEGETARIAN".............
Indin word for lousy hunter.

[This message has been edited by Yvsa (edited 02-20-2001).]
 
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