Sheath I made for a GL Drew Hand Axe

coloradowildman · Nov 29, 2011

I had someone ask me to make a sheath for their GL Drew Hand Axe. I kind of pulled my hair out as I'm not the most experienced sheath maker, but for better or worse here it is

Cheers, CW

Alberta Ed · Nov 29, 2011

Totally functional, and elegant. Nice work. I made a similar one for my Snow & Neally Hudson's Bay ax, but not as classy.

coloradowildman · Nov 29, 2011

Alberta Ed said:
Totally functional, and elegant. Nice work. I made a similar one for my Snow & Neally Hudson's Bay ax, but not as classy.

Thanks Ed!

HandAxeProMan · Nov 29, 2011

Looks great to me. I've got two to do and hope mine come out half as nice.

trailmaker · Nov 29, 2011

Looks good, thanks for posting. I'm just getting into sheath making so it's nice to see what other people are doing.

zatch · Nov 29, 2011

trailmaker said:
Looks good, thanks for posting. I'm just getting into sheath making so it's nice to see what other people are doing.

+1 Nice looking sheath!

Cutshaw · Nov 29, 2011

Nice job! Did you do a welt where the two layers sandwich?

coloradowildman · Nov 29, 2011

Paddling_man said:
Nice job! Did you do a welt where the two layers sandwich?

Thanks! Yes, I did put a welt in

Pipeman · Nov 29, 2011

Great job wildman, looks great on that neat little axe.

Best regards

Robin

Dusty One · Nov 30, 2011

Nicely done... Thanks for showing !

coloradowildman · Nov 30, 2011

Thanks for the comments guys! I know it's been said many times, but I now understand why leathersmiths charge what charge cause it's a lot of work! This axe was hard because of the irregular shape, and I ended up making 4 others designs before trashing them. I imagine once someone gets some automation going after the initial successful design they wouldn't have to work so hard, but doing a one off tired me out lol. Cheers to the pro leathersmiths!