Whacha Been Up To......

[ecallahan]

Anyone a fan of chili pepper? Leather that is - from Wickett and Craig

 

[eric brinkerhoff]

What's that greenish piece of paper sticking out? I can almost remember seeing something like that long ago...

 

[Horsewright]

Anyone a fan of chili pepper? Leather that is - from Wickett and Craig

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Thats some red hot chilli peppers. Very nice work!

What's that greenish piece of paper sticking out? I can almost remember seeing something like that long ago...

Now that is funny!

 

[Redmeadow Knives]

What's that greenish piece of paper sticking out? I can almost remember seeing something like that long ago...

That's the new one dollar bill!

 

[ecallahan]

What's that greenish piece of paper sticking out? I can almost remember seeing something like that long ago...

That’s my life savings.

 

[Lorien]

the first sheathing is always the most exciting moment...the moment I find out for sure I didn't f up

 

[ty_higg]

Been a long time since I posted but here is some of the stuff I’ve made recently. Have to redo the sheath due to popping a stitch on the belt loop but I always enjoy more practice on my stamping.
Full shell Cordovan wallet

Custom dyed wallet for my fiancée


Some Dopp kits and small pouches


Then just some random wallets and slips

 

[Robber58]

I love the look of cordovan leather but have not been able to justify the cost for most things I make. That wallet looks very nice and so does everything else actually. Great work!
Randy

 

[ty_higg]

I love the look of cordovan leather but have not been able to justify the cost for most things I make. That wallet looks very nice and so does everything else actually. Great work!
Randy

Thank you! I don’t do a lot of work in shell but I always try to pick up random pieces on sell for wallets. Most the leather I use is Wickett & Craig, Herman Oak, and some very select Italian tannery hides.

 

[ty_higg]

I wanted to post some other stuff I’ve made recently. Bought a kindle a few months ago to try and start reading more so I made this lil slip cover for it

After a year of prototypes I finally got my clip slip pattern down for slipjoints.






Made 7 of these for groomsmen gifts a few months ago for a close friend. Used the new Herman Oak expedition leather and I really like it and was impressed by how water resistant it is.

Then 2 cool minimalist shell wallets showing off a tannery stamp.

 

[Lorien]

slapped together this sheath for my personal knife. It's ok, not great, and does a good job. Still experimenting with applying dye.

 

[Lorien]

got this lil guy squared away, too. I wasn't sure how it would go but it turns out it's one of my favourites so far. I kinda wish I spent a little more time with the small engraved detail up at the throat, I've gotta figure out how to keep those lines tight and not all funky

 

[Gary W. Graley]

Had a request for to sharpen a few knives, turned out one was a Case/Bose Pruner which sharpening brought along it's own cares and woes but finally got a good edge on there and then I thought he was wanting a slip sheath for it to pocket carry, but afterwards found that he wanted to wear it on his hip, a different 'case' altogether, pardon the pun So I wasn't sure how to approach it but it made the best sense to have it tip down as pivot down the knife reduces in size as soon as you start to draw it, tip down the handle grows wider and it provided a much better retention. So you can see that the sheath during the forming process I kept forcing the leather to conform to the curve of the back of the handle making an arc and when I was getting ready to stitch it up I thought that having the other side also arc in the other direction would look pleasing as well as adding a little width to the belt loop to rest on his belt, making it a little steadier while carried and I think it turned out pretty nice. The Crusaders Cross was a difficult thing to emboss as it isn't a stamp like normal, it's a paracord bead that I use as a stamp, so I put a small block of aluminum under that area of the leather, folded the back backwards and used a large C-clamp to compress the bead down into the leather, leaving a nice crisp Cross embossing. I then took some bagcote to coat the cross so it wouldn't take as much dye when I went to dye the sheath and also went around the Cross with some highlighter to help make it stand out a little more. Here's a short video of the sheath, which is heading home this morning.

Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr

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[Gary W. Graley]

Vertical sheath for my ‘Lennys’ clip

Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr

Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr

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[Simplejack]

Had a request for to sharpen a few knives, turned out one was a Case/Bose Pruner which sharpening brought along it's own cares and woes but finally got a good edge on there and then I thought he was wanting a slip sheath for it to pocket carry, but afterwards found that he wanted to wear it on his hip, a different 'case' altogether, pardon the pun So I wasn't sure how to approach it but it made the best sense to have it tip down as pivot down the knife reduces in size as soon as you start to draw it, tip down the handle grows wider and it provided a much better retention. So you can see that the sheath during the forming process I kept forcing the leather to conform to the curve of the back of the handle making an arc and when I was getting ready to stitch it up I thought that having the other side also arc in the other direction would look pleasing as well as adding a little width to the belt loop to rest on his belt, making it a little steadier while carried and I think it turned out pretty nice. The Crusaders Cross was a difficult thing to emboss as it isn't a stamp like normal, it's a paracord bead that I use as a stamp, so I put a small block of aluminum under that area of the leather, folded the back backwards and used a large C-clamp to compress the bead down into the leather, leaving a nice crisp Cross embossing. I then took some bagcote to coat the cross so it wouldn't take as much dye when I went to dye the sheath and also went around the Cross with some highlighter to help make it stand out a little more. Here's a short video of the sheath, which is heading home this morning.

Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr

G2

I have that same bead. Never thought of that. Genious

 

[Gary W. Graley]

Thanks it’s easier to emboss on things like this slip sheath

https://flic.kr/p/2nUhLX4

G2

 

[Horsewright]

Some absoulutley great work going on around here guys, WOW!!

 

[ecallahan]

I made wristlet wallets for my two daughters. First try. Couple of things I’ll do different but they love them and I enjoyed making them.

 

[Horsewright]

I made wristlet wallets for my two daughters. First try. Couple of things I’ll do different but they love them and I enjoyed making them.
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Nice work!! Your girls indeed look very happy to have them.

A few things I finished up lately. A martingale/breast collar:

A couple of our boot sheaths. These two were upgraded by customer request to use the Ulticlip:

 

[Robber58]

I thought some might be interested in a knife/sheath I just finished. I used a small piece of beaver tail scrap for the sheath inlay. I will normally only do inlays on larger sheaths but I decided to give this one a try. The curved bolsters and tapered tang made the knife real challenging to fit up to my expectations but I eventually got it right.
Randy