Whacha Been Up To......

RayseM said:
Hi All -

Once again I humbly join this thread with my own work. I depend on you all for guidance and mostly inspiration. Still aspiring to produce a great leather sheath. In the meanwhile I play and experiment and so I share my "progress". Your comments or critiques are most welcome. These are humbling projects.

Remember this one from page 137?

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I decided that it was too eccentric for most people. The knife not really big enough to be a true SEAX and so this horizontal carry sheath a bit impractical and after all, not much of a user.

Revisited this week. Going for a more normal vertical belt carry. How to do that with a fully assembled sheath??? 🤔

This is my "upgrade".

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I like it. Easier carry for a 5-1/2" blade and doesn't come across as a desperate for attention affectation. ;)


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A celebration of rivets. :) Here is the back side too with some repurposed parts from the first effort.

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Still a struggle for me to keep my leather clean - oh well - in time... At least the knife fits well and is secure.

Cheers ~
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This looks great! You got a little of everything going on! Unconventional shape, complication, rivets, stitching. Well done, my friend!
 
Another Horsehide holster. This one is for a Kimber Micro 9. Completely hand made like my other items.

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Very nice. Really clean. Horsehide makes a great holster or sheath.
 
7stitches said:
Thanks, I really enjoy working with it.
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Yep in the past I’ve used it for holsters, sheaths and spurstraps as well as misc items. Makes superior headstalls for riding. Currently we use it for IWB holsters.
 
Recently I redid the fittings of this German clip-point "gaucho knife" sheath:

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The chape was missing and the throat was broken badly. The latter seems to be made of lead, but I used nickel silver instead. I only attached the new fittings mechanically, so I can return the sheath to its "original" state if I want to. More pictures of the knife can be found in the recent "Gaucho knives" thread (pages 25 and 26).
 
Trubetzkoy said:
Recently I redid the fittings of this German clip-point "gaucho knife" sheath:

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The chape was missing and the throat was broken badly. The latter seems to be made of lead, but I used nickel silver instead. I only attached the new fittings mechanically, so I can return the sheath to its "original" state if I want to. More pictures of the knife can be found in the recent "Gaucho knives" thread (pages 25 and 26).
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Nice job... Came out well...👍
 
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