Siper - Fiddleback with sea snake inlay

[Siper]

 

[Omega Leather Works]

Wow that's just gorgeous. Love the styling on the loop and curves around the perimeter.

Is there a YouTube video or book that you recommend for inlays?

The welt, does that go all the way around? How is the leather at the top (not sure of the proper term, but the layer that has the window for the inlay), how is that secured to the layer under it at the mouth? Is the considerable stitching and cement enough to insure that it doesn't separate?

Pardon my ignorance as I'm quite new to high end sheath work.

 

[Siper]

Thanx mate. Glad you like my work

Well, I haven't seen any video or book about inlays. I do it every time just adjusting it to the certain sheath. In this case, I cut out the window in upper layer of the leather, and I've used this cut out skin as a base for the snake skin. Then I've just glued it back on its original place, and secured it with an inner leather layer. Thats pretty much it in this case.
In other cases I make a window, and inlay is glued to the inner layer of the leather, or I simply glue the inlay on the leather, and make a small leather frame for it.
About the stitching. It goes around, but it ends up on the mouth as you sad it ;-) In here, two layers of leather are glued together, and forming keeps them pressed to one another, so there's no risk they separate I just thought, that on such small sheath, it would be simply too much stitching.

Hope I've answered your questions.

 

[Omega Leather Works]

Yeah, a great description. Thank you.

I've been cutting out patterns all day trying to figure out the right size for the pattern on a sheath I'm making. Just a simple pouch sheath, but I'm fairly stumped as it seems to be too small every time I do it. I'm following the advice from a video on the Leodis leather channel. I'm using old bubble wrap lined paper shipping envelopes (thanks Tal for the idea), but yeah, it's not working out. In the video he uses a three ply welt at the handle skived to one ply at the blade. I'm doing this for my Fiddleback Kephart, one of Andy's 4"x5" blade/handle ratio knives. I noticed that your sheath here is much more substantial than the pouches that I've been cutting out, but that could be for a number of reasons.

Sorry, I don't mean to foul your thread. I'm just frustrated, and yet I'm happy to see your work because it's a dimensional help. Well, that, and because it's a pleasure to look at.

I may need to grab some exotic skin to do an inlay. Seems fairly straight forward, but at the same time, raises the sheath to another level.

 

[Englishrob]

Yeah, a great description. Thank you.

I've been cutting out patterns all day trying to figure out the right size for the pattern on a sheath I'm making. Just a simple pouch sheath, but I'm fairly stumped as it seems to be too small every time I do it. I'm following the advice from a video on the Leodis leather channel. I'm using old bubble wrap lined paper shipping envelopes (thanks Tal for the idea), but yeah, it's not working out. In the video he uses a three ply welt at the handle skived to one ply at the blade. I'm doing this for my Fiddleback Kephart, one of Andy's 4"x5" blade/handle ratio knives. I noticed that your sheath here is much more substantial than the pouches that I've been cutting out, but that could be for a number of reasons.

Sorry, I don't mean to foul your thread. I'm just frustrated, and yet I'm happy to see your work because it's a dimensional help. Well, that, and because it's a pleasure to look at.

I may need to grab some exotic skin to do an inlay. Seems fairly straight forward, but at the same time, raises the sheath to another level.

Wow. Really great work there. Best wishes from across the pond!