Two more Warden Sheaths

[Chuddy Bear]

Finished up two more. I am getting a little bit faster.

 

[stabber]

Lookin good. :thumbup: Should have a pic with the knife in one of them

 

[Kraz]

They look great Chuddy! Your leatherwork is excellent. :thumbup:

 

[xaman]

Man they look nice!

I'd like to see a pic w/the knife sheathed too, if you get a chance.

 

[deusker]

Nice work :thumbup: :thumbup:

 

[Chuddy Bear]

Ok, Here they are with a couple of Fire Wardens.

 

[MD13]

Looks good. I like the burgundy sheath. :thumbup:

 

[xaman]

awesome job. I'm a little ashamed to post pics of my first attempt now...

 

[Chuddy Bear]

Just post them, I would like to see. The burgundy one is supposed to be medium brown. Fiebings medium brown has a touch of red to it for some reason.

 

[MD13]

Just post them, I would like to see. The burgundy one is supposed to be medium brown. Fiebings medium brown has a touch of red to it for some reason.

Looks good to me either way.:thumbup: You did a nice job.

 

[MORIMOTOM]

what do you use to do the stitching?

 

[Chuddy Bear]

Needles and thread

Seriously, I am just doing the standard saddle stitch which takes two needles one on each end of the thread, you start at the first hole and they cross over in every hole like a figure 8. I do it by hand, no machine stitching.

 

[MORIMOTOM]

wow, that is impressive!! do you drill the holes first?

 

[leatherman]

Holy Crap!!! Nice work bro! Better n better every time. Keep it up.

I'll hazard a comment and say yea, he does drill the holes first, I use a 5/32" drill bit in my press. The hole is just large enough for the thread which looks a lot like the stuff from Tandy. Tejas makes it, nice heavy duty thread, its what I use on all my stuff.

If you arent already using them, I'd suggest using harness needles. The eye is much smaller so they last so much longer than those big eye needles. I broke a few dozen of the big eyes before I finally found the harness needles so many years ago.

Now that I think about it, I learned darn near everything the hard way! Aside what I gleaned from the late Al Stolman, truly the god among men of leather crafting. His books, though dated, have tons of good info, worth a read.

 

[Chuddy Bear]

Leatherman thanks for the advise. I tried drilling holes for my first sheath, but I dont have a drill press and apparantly I cannot drill straight , I have used the awl since then with much better results. The harness needles are what I am using.

 

[leatherman]

ouch! Those awls are just thirsty little evil one toothed vampires!

Tell you what, I started out with one of those Dremel drill press attachments and it improved my outlook on life immensly. I found mine at Sears for something like 30 or 40.00. It'll last longer than those cheap drill press's at Harbor Freight, and if you have the variable speed tool you have a very versitile machine. But if you dont have the Dremel, the cost of the duo would be close to that of a new press from Lowes or Home Depot. Those Delta machines are fantastic, I have their drill press and belt/disk sander and looking at the band saw. The quality is amazing for under 100.00.

 

[Chuddy Bear]

I know exactly what you mean about the stitching awls. I have been keeping mine very sharp and polished and it just loves to bite me when Im not looking, it is amazing how easy it goes into skin.:thumbdn:

I will have to take a look at the dremel attachment. I know one thing punching the holes out with the awl is the worst part of the job.

 

[Gunsite]

Chuck,
Those sheaths look GREAT!! Keep it up, man!
We'll have to meet up someday and talk Busse.
Dan

 

[benjammin2]

Hey, does anyone use lace anymore? All I ever see is string these days. The last sheath I made I used lace on, and the owner liked it a lot.

 

[MORIMOTOM]

Hey, does anyone use lace anymore? All I ever see is string these days. The last sheath I made I used lace on, and the owner liked it a lot.

black frilly lace, or red naughty lace?