Whacha Been Up To......

[Horsewright]

Thanks for the photos! Yes, It is the American Knife Company. There are several on Ebay, just like this knife but in bad condition. Another one of the many importers of German made knives during the 50's and 60's. John

The customer dropped this off for the sheath. I don’t know any of its history. He might be up Saturday to pick it up. I’ll try and remember to ask him

 

[LightFoot TwoSmokes]

Hello, i was wondering how i would go about posting some leather work?

 

[duramax]

Here’s a few fancy ones I finished up for some custom CPK knives

 

[Horsewright]

Here’s a few fancy ones I finished up for some custom CPK knives

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Wow those are just cool!!

 

[duramax]

Wow those are just cool!!

Thank you

Was fun working with that exotic stuff. Well maybe not the croc lol

 

[Sharp & Fiery]

Ya. Croc isn’t much fun. Haha.

Great looking sheaths, Bill! duramax

 

[duramax]

Ya. Croc isn’t much fun. Haha.

Great looking sheaths, Bill! duramax

Thank you !! Thought I was going to ding my knifes edge lol Tough stuff

 

[Sharp & Fiery]

Thank you !! Thought I was going to ding my knifes edge lol Tough stuff

The stuff I’ve used is backstrap so it has literal bone in it. Still got a whole box full.

 

[duramax]

The stuff I’ve used is backstrap so it has literal bone in it. Still got a whole box full.

For that reason I think a chisel will work best lol , Just tough stuff

This was hornback Nile croc tail

 

[A.L.]

Sheath I made for cousin’s leatherman has been serving good it seems. Makes me happy to be able to make something useful and durable.

 

[SwissHeritageCo]

Some recents:

Nichole been doing some Horseshoe Coasters.

And a notebook cover and a wallet:

Cutting up some more 26C3 blades:

A Damasteel Ultralite:

Or two:

Wet molding a batch:

Includes a holster:

Quite a few sheaths for other folks knives lately too:

Finished off a batch of knives too but kinda out of room in this post.

Beautiful! A couple of questions... what are you using to trim the welt and do you ever accidentally cut into the non welt leather?

 

[Horsewright]

Beautiful! A couple of questions... what are you using to trim the welt and do you ever accidentally cut into the non welt leather?

I use a round knife for trimming the welt. Most of the welt shaping is done off the sheath so I don’t cut the non welt leather. Still I did it the other day and had to throw a tooled sheath away. Ask me why one of the knives on the website right now has a Boot Sheath instead of the Horizontal I was doing for it. Certain parts of the welt I use a push skivver

 

[Horsewright]

Sheath I made for cousin’s leatherman has been serving good it seems. Makes me happy to be able to make something useful and durable.

That's cool. Really like seeing things used and used hard in real life. You did a good job. The original Pancake Sheath for this knife had some air conditioning going on at the bottom:

The knife has seen some use too:

 

[Robber58]

This is a small bag I just completed as a Christmas present for my wife. She saw something like it on line but had her own ideas about features so we worked together on the design. It looks simple but the zipper installation just about drove me nuts. Turning those small radius corners with a wide zipper tape takes a lot of patience and, surprisingly, some good whisky. It is supposed to look a bit rustic and I think I got that in spite of the shiny leather.
Randy

 

[Sharp & Fiery]

Got a few slip sheaths finished up.

 

[Sharp & Fiery]

This is a small bag I just completed as a Christmas present for my wife. She saw something like it on line but had her own ideas about features so we worked together on the design. It looks simple but the zipper installation just about drove me nuts. Turning those small radius corners with a wide zipper tape takes a lot of patience and, surprisingly, some good whisky. Is is supposed to look a bit rustic and I think I got that in spite of the shiny leather.
Randy

Looks great! I’m sure she will be happy.

 

[ron55]

This is a small bag I just completed as a Christmas present for my wife. She saw something like it on line but had her own ideas about features so we worked together on the design. It looks simple but the zipper installation just about drove me nuts. Turning those small radius corners with a wide zipper tape takes a lot of patience and, surprisingly, some good whisky. It is supposed to look a bit rustic and I think I got that in spite of the shiny leather.
Randy

I really like the rustic look - especially yours. Do you mind sharing how you got it to look like that?

I've been using sandpaper, but mine just aren't quite vintage enough.

 

[jfk1110]

Got a few slip sheaths finished up.
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Nice work

 

[jfk1110]

Great job.... Happy wife, happy life...

 

[Robber58]

I really like the rustic look - especially yours. Do you mind sharing how you got it to look like that?

I've been using sandpaper, but mine just aren't quite vintage enough.

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With this bag the trick is that it is a type of chrome tanned leather that will get semi-permanent pull up effects when folded or twisted. The more you manipulate it the more used it looks. Unlike other types of pull up, these can't be removed with heat or burnishing. Also a few minor scuffs spread around help as well. I say scuffs because scratches from something like sand paper look more abused that used in this type of leather. Most of it happens as I build the bag because of all the handling for hand sewing. The nature of this leather is that more of it will happen over time, I just like to give it a head start.
Randy