The Cowbell Build Thread

[Redmeadow Knives]

Sheaths are both stitched, wet forming next.



Sheath Trivia
• 4 pieces of leather (8 oz. Hermann Oak)
• 7 feet of thread
• 191 punched holes
• 67 stitches (13 backstitches)
• 12 layers of Barge cement
• 1 drop of Elmer's glue

 

[Redmeadow Knives]

Wet forming

 

[T.Knotts]

I've never thought of holding my leather like that. Looks very practical. Sheath looks spot on as always.

 

[Redmeadow Knives]

It helps it trim up better after drying too. It also works good to clamp in a vise to straighten things without marking up the sheath.

 

[Redmeadow Knives]

Dressing the stitches while they're wet.


Clamping the excess welt straightens things out after forming


I like that right thur

 

[mitch4ging]

Sheaths are both stitched, wet forming next.

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Sheath Trivia
• 4 pieces of leather (8 oz. Hermann Oak)
• 7 feet of thread
• 191 punched holes
• 67 stitches (13 backstitches)
• 12 layers of Barge cement
• 1 drop of Elmer's glue

You're a machine, John!
Looking good.

 

[mitch4ging]

John, do you use 3 coats of cement per side before mating them together?

 

[Redmeadow Knives]

John, do you use 3 coats of cement per side before mating them together?

2 per side. There's 6 surfaces glued together.

 

[mitch4ging]

2 per side. There's 6 surfaces glued together.

 

[trevitrace]

What's the dab of Elmer's for?

 

[Redmeadow Knives]

What's the dab of Elmer's for?

At the end of the saddle stitch, the two ends get tied in a knot on the backside and the remaining ends thread back through with a dab of glue on them. Then they get snipped off on the other end.

 

[Redmeadow Knives]

I had to think about that when you asked, I thought, wait a minute, there's only 4 pieces, shouldn't there only be 8 layers, how did I count 12?? But four pieces sandwiched together gives 3 layers, 6 mating surfaces, 2 coats per. Divide that by Pi, multiply by the square hypotenuse of the flux capacitor and you should get 1.21 Jigawatts which equals a bakers dozen minus one divided by 2 plus 6.

 

[mitch4ging]

I had to think about that when you asked, I thought, wait a minute, there's only 4 pieces, shouldn't there only be 8 layers, how did I count 12?? But four pieces sandwiched together gives 3 layers, 6 mating surfaces, 2 coats per. Divide that by Pi, multiply by the square hypotenuse of the flux capacitor and you should get 1.21 Jigawatts which equals a bakers dozen minus one divided by 2 plus 6.

Exactly what I thought!

Do you dilute / thin the cement, Or use as is?
Sorry if'n I aks too much and whatnot

 

[Redmeadow Knives]

Exactly what I thought!

Do you dilute / thin the cement, Or use as is?
Sorry if'n I aks too much and whatnot

I use thinner with it. I had problems with it being too gummy.

Don't hesitate to ask questions brudda

 

[Redmeadow Knives]

I gotta file this one under "weird things you find stuck to a file that's hanging over your workbench"


The worst part is that I can't remember the last time I used that file but I used that needle last night... WTF?

 

[jlauffer]

I gotta file this one under "weird things you find stuck to a file that's hanging over your workbench"
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The worst part is that I can't remember the last time I used that file but I used that needle last night... WTF?

What goes up must come down, unless...

 

[mitch4ging]

Magnetism....or maybe perhaps MAGIC!

 

[T.Knotts]

Ghost. No question about it. Got to be ghosts

 

[Scott Hanson]

I had to think about that when you asked, I thought, wait a minute, there's only 4 pieces, shouldn't there only be 8 layers, how did I count 12?? But four pieces sandwiched together gives 3 layers, 6 mating surfaces, 2 coats per. Divide that by Pi, multiply by the square hypotenuse of the flux capacitor and you should get 1.21 Jigawatts which equals a bakers dozen minus one divided by 2 plus 6.

Now I'm confused.lol

 

[T.Knotts]

I just noticed the Redmeadow stencil on the tang. That really looks good