Horsewright
Knifemaker / Craftsman / Service Provider
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- Oct 4, 2011
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Recently I recieved 2 orders from cousins in NY. They were interested in matching knives with Water Buffalo Horn scales. As we talked the order grew into a Water Buffalo theme. They asked if the sheaths could be made from Water Buff leather too. They had ordered my Horizontal sheath style. I'd not worked with Water Buff leather before but had seen some around. I found Water Buff bends at Weaver and really liked one color they called Crazy Horse. When I received the leather I called and said we need to make matching belts too. They agreed and one sent me a tooled leather covered buckle that he had and I provided the buckle for the other. This leather did alright on the sheaths didn't mold quite as well as I liked but its one of the best belt leathers I've ever worked with.
Here are the two belts. Both belts were split to about 7 oz and then lined with 4/5 oz California Belt latigo. This type of latigo is dryer than other types and makes a great linig leather. Both of these leathers finish up very well. Just edge, rub and put finish on the edges. I don't put a finish on either the buff or the latigo, just the edges.
Here's the belts with the two Horizontal sheaths, one a right hand crossdraw and the other a left hand. The leather on the sheaths is a different color as they were soaked after construction to wet mold them to the knives.
There is a belt loop on the back side of the Horizontal sheath. I angle this a hair so the butt of the knife rides up just a hair from horizontal. There is a three step sewing process to one of these sheaths. First the top of the loop is sewn on. Then the welt is fitted and the sheath glued together. The stitch lines are then made and the top welt stitch is sewn in. Then the bottom of the loop is glued down and the bottom stitch line is sewn.
Here are the two knives. Watern Buffalo Horn scales, damascus steel, filework on the spine and engraving on the nickel silver bolsters and Corby bolts.
Ready to package up and ship off this morning. This was a fun order and kind of outside the box a bit.
Questions and comment always welcome and thanks for looking.
Here are the two belts. Both belts were split to about 7 oz and then lined with 4/5 oz California Belt latigo. This type of latigo is dryer than other types and makes a great linig leather. Both of these leathers finish up very well. Just edge, rub and put finish on the edges. I don't put a finish on either the buff or the latigo, just the edges.
Here's the belts with the two Horizontal sheaths, one a right hand crossdraw and the other a left hand. The leather on the sheaths is a different color as they were soaked after construction to wet mold them to the knives.
There is a belt loop on the back side of the Horizontal sheath. I angle this a hair so the butt of the knife rides up just a hair from horizontal. There is a three step sewing process to one of these sheaths. First the top of the loop is sewn on. Then the welt is fitted and the sheath glued together. The stitch lines are then made and the top welt stitch is sewn in. Then the bottom of the loop is glued down and the bottom stitch line is sewn.
Here are the two knives. Watern Buffalo Horn scales, damascus steel, filework on the spine and engraving on the nickel silver bolsters and Corby bolts.
Ready to package up and ship off this morning. This was a fun order and kind of outside the box a bit.
Questions and comment always welcome and thanks for looking.
