Third sheath ever - comments please

[cbr900son]

A few weeks ago me and my son made him a knife for his 11th b-day together. Well been busy with work but had some time to finally finish his sheath. He wanted a few things like stamping and stuff so i gave him what he wanted.
Please feel free to comment. I want to learn anything yall see that can be improved upon!

 

[sheathmaker]

Pretty good effort for the third try. Edges are a little rough looking yet, and the stamping could have been a little bit deeper, but overall a very good job. What you are looking for comes with practice and experience and I don't know how you can rush either of those. Be sure to post your next work.:thumbup::thumbup: Thanks.

Paul

 

[KBamhi]

I think it's great. I especially like the belt loop attachment. I never cared for the folded over drop loop design. I like my knife high and close to the body. The drop loop style just lets the handle fall away from you. I am perplexed as to why that style is so popular. I hate it.

 

[cbr900son]

I think it's great. I especially like the belt loop attachment. I never cared for the folded over drop loop design. I like my knife high and close to the body. The drop loop style just lets the handle fall away from you. I am perplexed as to why that style is so popular. I hate it.

Yeah my son doesn't like it either so I did this style.

 

[cbr900son]

Pretty good effort for the third try. Edges are a little rough looking yet, and the stamping could have been a little bit deeper, but overall a very good job. What you are looking for comes with practice and experience and I don't know how you can rush either of those. Be sure to post your next work.:thumbup::thumbup: Thanks.

Paul

Yeah. Its a really think leather and I think I should have wet it more before stamping. As for the edges - its as smooth as glas between the sunlight and flash it picked up a weird look. i was trying to get as much light as possible to show as much detail as possible.

 

[GrizzlyBear]

Overall design looks good.

When you wet the leather, do so thoroughly front and back and let the front side come back to almost the same color as it is dry. It will be lighter, yet cool to the touch. This should have the right moisture content for tooling.

What tools are you working with? One tool that will clean things up a fair amount is an edge beveler. It will remove that sharp edge and give things a nicer look.

On your edges, it looks as if your welt didn't get sanded completely flush with the edges of the sheath, causing a thin layer of the skin side to fold over rather than be sanded away smooth. Sometimes, sanding doesn't remove this, especially if you're not using a very sharp belt. I've had it happen before and a simple razor blade takes care of it.

A suggestion on your belt loop: the top stitch run needs to have a drop down of a stitch or 2 on each end, this will help prevent a zipper effect that will cause the belt loop to tear off.

What did you use to finish the sheath after dyeing?

 

[cbr900son]

Overall design looks good.

When you wet the leather, do so thoroughly front and back and let the front side come back to almost the same color as it is dry. It will be lighter, yet cool to the touch. This should have the right moisture content for tooling.

What tools are you working with? One tool that will clean things up a fair amount is an edge beveler. It will remove that sharp edge and give things a nicer look.

On your edges, it looks as if your welt didn't get sanded completely flush with the edges of the sheath, causing a thin layer of the skin side to fold over rather than be sanded away smooth. Sometimes, sanding doesn't remove this, especially if you're not using a very sharp belt. I've had it happen before and a simple razor blade takes care of it.

A suggestion on your belt loop: the top stitch run needs to have a drop down of a stitch or 2 on each end, this will help prevent a zipper effect that will cause the belt loop to tear off.

What did you use to finish the sheath after dyeing?

Thanks for the advice! I have a #4 beveler but i think its a bit too much. I probably need a smaller one. As for the stitch I was worried about the same thing and use a 2 needle method and actually doubled back over the whole thing lol. Never thought about a stich down or anything.

Any other comments or critique or more then welcome!!!

 

[GrizzlyBear]

I like to use a smaller beveler (will have to check #), that way I can make either 1 pass or multiple passes to round the edge over the way I want.

I think doubling back over the line would work ok, but ideally you want those types of stitches to be U shaped (more or less).

 

[cbr900son]

I like to use a smaller beveler (will have to check #), that way I can make either 1 pass or multiple passes to round the edge over the way I want.

I think doubling back over the line would work ok, but ideally you want those types of stitches to be U shaped (more or less).

Thanks for info and if you dont mind checking bevel # id be greatly appreciated. There arn't any local knifemakers here to "guide" me as I learn so it pretty much a bunch of internet mentors I have

 

[Frank Barron]

Your third sheath? Very nice! Since its for your young son, you should mark your name on the back. It will make for a better keepsake when he hands it down to his children.

You never know what stays in the family after your gone.