Becky Yarbrough is an up-and-coming leatherbender from North Carolina, and a friend. I've helped her in some small ways concerning leather craft, and she has really taken the bit in her teeth. I needed a couple of sheaths made for a pair of Bear/MGC damascus skinners and asked Becky to do the work. The parameters were:
-No metal touching the knives
-They need to be secure
-I need them in time for Dad's May 5th birthday
-Make them pretty, and unique.
Here's what I got back-
The actual pouches snap into place on the frog, and are interchangeable. The frogs and pouches are suede-lined throughout, and the edges shine like glass. She made the retaining straps with pretty close to zero slop. They're hand-stitched, and arrived in my hands about 10 days after we settled the details. She even took the picture, so she's a fair hand with a camera, too.
I kept one and gave the other to Dad this past Friday; he actually got the basketweave one, and I kept the border-stamped sheath. He couldn't find anything to criticize or improve upon. That says a lot, given that everything I've taught Becky I learned from Dad.
She' a one-woman shop, and can be found on Facebook. Her response times are fast.
I'll be doing some knife and sheath collaborations with Black Horse in the near future, and will post them on this thread as they come up. Thanks for looking!
-No metal touching the knives
-They need to be secure
-I need them in time for Dad's May 5th birthday
-Make them pretty, and unique.
Here's what I got back-
The actual pouches snap into place on the frog, and are interchangeable. The frogs and pouches are suede-lined throughout, and the edges shine like glass. She made the retaining straps with pretty close to zero slop. They're hand-stitched, and arrived in my hands about 10 days after we settled the details. She even took the picture, so she's a fair hand with a camera, too.
I kept one and gave the other to Dad this past Friday; he actually got the basketweave one, and I kept the border-stamped sheath. He couldn't find anything to criticize or improve upon. That says a lot, given that everything I've taught Becky I learned from Dad.
She' a one-woman shop, and can be found on Facebook. Her response times are fast.
I'll be doing some knife and sheath collaborations with Black Horse in the near future, and will post them on this thread as they come up. Thanks for looking!
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