The making of a leather sheath with inlay by my wife kiara ( graphic sequence)

[ziozeb]

a model o the sheath made of hard paper is shaped

the welt

from paper to leather

dampen the leather with water in order to transfer the motif on the leather

preparing the strap

in order to soften stingray leather sheath and make workable sink it in water nightime

polishing the profile

Styngray leather is very hard to be worked , so you must sand it to remove the keratin layer

Enlarge holes for sewing

decorate with punch

making of upperboard and internal cover

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finishing external side of the sheath ( smoothing and polishing)

The sheath is done

 

[Gadsden]

All that work paid off very nicely. Great job and thanks for sharing.

 

[grumpy_grinder]

This is nice , I like it

 

[Makael]

Nice job.

 

[Jonathans]

Thanks for putting in the extra time and effort to share that. Great looking sheath.

 

[Macan]

Beautihull sheat.

 

[CastBulletHunter]

Wow! She did an amazing job. Thank you for posting the step by step photos.

 

[Spyder59]

Beautiful sheath and a fantastic pictorial presentation.

 

[Bigfattyt]

Great looking sheath.

Really compliments the knife very well!

 

[darkmatter35]

Thanks for posting the sheath build sequence. I always learn something from these and the sheath came out vary nice.
John

 

[ziozeb]

Thanks everybody!