Skystorm DIY BK2 Bushcraft sheath build

That's awesome. I like the kit idea; you know you have qualtiy material and the correct cuts but you can also say "I made this." I'd buy one for my BK16.
 
dopenerd said:
Did you wet form that sheath or did it just fit the knife like that.?
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Yes, I wet formed it. Thanks for bringing that up. It really didn't take too much, either, as this leather just really took well to the forming.

FullyTorque said:
That's awesome. I like the kit idea; you know you have qualtiy material and the correct cuts but you can also say "I made this." I'd buy one for my BK16.
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That's exactly it. Skystorm has these dialed in and the pieces were all 100% perfect. If I had to do all the measuring and cutting, it would not look this good.
 
I like my stock sheath but I'd ditch it for something like this.
Looks like fun assembling it too.
 
Here are a couple of better pics of it finished up. That's probably all I'll put in here, but some may end up in the Becker pic thread in the future. The edge isn't quite to my liking yet, but I'll work it out when I figure out what I want to do. Right now, all the layers are pretty much flush, but I didn't get the layers to stay down with the Barge cement, so I probably should have let it cure longer than I did. Anyway, thanks again Skystorm, this was good and I'll look forward to seeing kits available!



 
Just a quick update on this. First, I re-dyed the edges, since I had burnished them on the 1x30 belt sander. Darkening it up again really helped it look more complete.

I wanted to get an oil onto the leather, so I decided to stop at the local farm supply store and I had a choice of a lifetime supply of Neatsfoot Oil or a little spray can. I chose the spray can. I had no camera person with me this time, so I had to resort to the cell phone for these. Here's what it looks like:

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All laid out.

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Then, I sprayed it on until it was "standing" on the surface. This leather actually soaked a lot up and then I rubbed the excess with a cotton rag. I'm not sure if it's the aerosol or the oil, but it smells a lot like WD-40. At any rate, I need to test to see if it's somewhat waterproofed now and I'll try to get pics of that, too.

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Once dry, the white stitching didn't seem to darken at all, which I was happy about. I like the contrast and am glad it stayed that way.
 
Be careful using that neatsfoot oil compound. Too much of it will soften the leather and make the sheath lose its rigidness and turn into a floppy mess.

My suggestion for a natural finish would be beeswax and paraffin melted together with liquid neatsfoot oil. Rub it on and soak it in with heat from a hair dryer. Will stiffen up the leather and make it pretty water proof.
 
That's awesome. Looks great.
Too late for me now - I had someone make leather pants for all my Beckers just a bit ago. But I would have loved to get a quality kit and assemble my own - woulda been all over that for my 16.
I have the "lifetime supply" of neatsfoot oil, and all the parafin and beswax I'll likely ever need.
 
Hey mrn8,

Sorry to resurrect this old thread. I have the same kit from Skystorm, and I am embarrassed to say that I'm just now getting around to assembling mine. One question, what is the smallest piece of leather in the top right of this photograph for?

mrn8 said:
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I can't see where it is used in the sheath. Thanks for any help.
 
I believe you can put that at the bottom and put rivets through it and use it as a lashing point. I left it out on mine.
 
mrn8 said:
I believe you can put that at the bottom and put rivets through it and use it as a lashing point. I left it out on mine.
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Correct. The lashing point is helpful if you have the dangler attached, though some people do let it flop around willy nilly like.
 
mrn8 said:
...If I had to do all the measuring and cutting, it would not look this good.
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The measuring and the cutting is exactly why I don't do leather work. I think about doing it sometimes, but, I always return to my original thought....I'd rather someone else did all that cutting and measuring stuff.....oh and I can't forget all the hole punching.....talk about labor intensive..
 
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