This is what happens when you boil a buck 110 sheath

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CJ Newton

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I was trying to... well I'm not sure what I was trying to do, but it involved boiling a buck 110 sheath in hot water. It shrunk, and it looks ridiculous now... Enjoy:
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Next to a partially assembled buck 110:
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Next to another sheath:
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How exactly did the sheath fail? Title of the thread is kinda misleading. Maybe you could change it to, "Don't make the same mistake I did".
 
I've never boiled anything like that. The only things i've felt i needed to clean in semi boiling water was about 15 german ww2 mag pouches that i bought about a year ago cause they were covered in closmoline, reeked of mildew,and had oil stains. Got the water to boil then turned it off and soaked them in the very hot water but not boiling.Let them sit then washed by hand with laundry soap them and they turned out great. I try to keep my leather things as dry as possible cause otherwise starts getting rough and starts to shrink. What made you think you needed to boil a sheath?
 
I have tried the process for "boiled leather".

Strangely enough, it does not involve boiling the way I do it. You get a sheath evenly damp, not wet, but damp all the way through, then bake it in the oven at a low temp. The leather will firm up, and maintain it's shape. I have done this on a few projects and it worked well.

I will ususally do this after several sessions of casing/boning the leather when I want it to maintain the shape of what it is holding.
 
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I like mine fried in tran's fats....LOL tough as Calamari though.
 
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Verrrry interesting..... Strange, but interesting... :eek::D

I love these unusual things...

now where is that really loose fitting sheath...
 
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