Talk to me about pocket sheaths / organizers

[Horsewright]

i started out making something for me, a pair of chinks, that I couldn't find premade, course that was long before the internet and just googling something. Stopped at a Tandy store I drove by often and asked the guy what tool did this (creaser, $5). Later I stopped by and said how do ya basket stamp? Later I stopped by and said gotta sew all this together and got a $15 handsewing kit and he showed me how to use it. Then I stopped by to see what leather was on sale and got er done. This was 1984. Then some other guys started asking me to make them a pair. Then another guy had just bought a Winchester Trapper and coudn't find a shorter rifle scabbard and then...... and then...........

And then we're selling some small knives with sheaths I made at horsemanship/cattleworking clinics I use to put on. Getting the knives wholesale from a knife maker. Due to health issues his QC started slipping. I was spending several hours cleaning up each knife before I would ship it out with a sheath with my name on it. No money there. Nichole says Why don't you make the knives your self? Well cause I don't know anything about making knives and then......... and then.......


If ya want to do it, do it, ya can.

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Buying some basic tools is not a bad idea. Once you build one, you may end up building more.

Nice work!

 

[Hickory n steel]

i would rather find someone who could make 1 for me .... saves time and effort!

And for me personally if It'll look and work well enough I'd much rather do it myself with the satisfaction of not having needed to pay someone else to do something I'm perfectly capable of .


I can't make everything though and can definitely appreciate quality professional leather work, maybe even more so than someone who's never given it ago.
I say it takes making some mediocre sheaths and such yourself to truly appreciate what goes into making something that actually looks really nice.

 

[Hale Storm]

Hickory n steel, I agree wholeheartedly.
Seeing the work before it was always more of a, "yeah, that's nice". Once you make a few and realize how hard it is to get everything right and the time it takes to learn all the aspects of the trade you now look at the same work and think, "HOLY SH*T that is absolutely beautiful, and the edges are so smooth, and the stitching is so perfect, and the dye is so symmetrical, and the resist is flawless, and the tooling is unbelievable, and........................."