Whacha Been Up To......

[Murphjd25]

These will be off to a gentleman soon!
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That’s hot

 

[jfk1110]

These will be off to a gentleman soon!
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Beautiful job!!!........

Hey I didn't get a cord and a fiery button with my slip.....

 

[Horsewright]

Quick pic of some of ours:

Top three are mine bottom three are Nichole's.

When the one on the right was brand new it was the subject along with a Paul Lomg skiver of a pass around. For cutting against straight edges we both use roller knives:

Ones we don't use very often including my Paul Long skiver:

I've kept the big Osborne around for years to cut rope.

 

[Gary W. Graley]

Those look great especially the rhino horn looking ones
G2

 

[SwissHeritageCo]

Odd question, but it's my understanding that size 14 copper rivets are the largest available for leatherwork... but I'd like to see what they look like on leather and I can't find any pics.

Has anyone ever used them?

 

[RickHuf]

This is a copy of JRE industries design but I made these two utility sheaths. I had some horween chromexcel that was too thick for what it was intended for so I decided to turn it into some of these.

This was the test run. Lol. Pretty neat. I have enough for maybe 3 more black ones.

Ive never used tokonole before and boy I can't believe how awesome this stuff is. The edges and the flesh side look so much better than burnishing with wax.



I'm definitely open to criticism so please fire away. I've already bought a new razor knife to cut out the leather better in those tight turns.

 

[jfk1110]

This is a copy of JRE industries design but I made these two utility sheaths. I had some horween chromexcel that was too thick for what it was intended for so I decided to turn it into some of these.

This was the test run. Lol. Pretty neat. I have enough for maybe 3 more black ones.

Ive never used tokonole before and boy I can't believe how awesome this stuff is. The edges and the flesh side look so much better than burnishing with wax.

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I'm definitely open to criticism so please fire away. I've already bought a new razor knife to cut out the leather better in those tight turns.

Pretty cool...... Nice job.....What's the dimensions??? Fits a normal leatherman?

 

[RickHuf]

Pretty cool...... Nice job.....What's the dimensions??? Fits a normal leatherman?

Thanks!

It's supposed to fit a normal multi tool. I don't have one to try. It's opening is about 4" tall x1.75"wide by 1"deep (ish) and it can be tightened or loosened.

It fits an LTWK banana peel very well, which is why I had the original one.

 

[Horsewright]

This is a copy of JRE industries design but I made these two utility sheaths. I had some horween chromexcel that was too thick for what it was intended for so I decided to turn it into some of these.

This was the test run. Lol. Pretty neat. I have enough for maybe 3 more black ones.

Ive never used tokonole before and boy I can't believe how awesome this stuff is. The edges and the flesh side look so much better than burnishing with wax.

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I'm definitely open to criticism so please fire away. I've already bought a new razor knife to cut out the leather better in those tight turns.

Very nice work! Sometimes on those real tight corners you can use a suitably sized round punch . Very consistent, better than cutting by hand, I do that on this holster there at the trigger guard:

And then there is a tighter curve by the hammer where this type of holster folds back on itself. I use a smaller punch there but I don't seem to have any pics of that. It's a 3/4 inch half round punch. Anyhoo punches can really help ya out on a lot of tight curves.

We use Tokonole on certain leathers. On others it doesn't work as well for us. Horween is very good leather, we use quite a bit of their horsehide.

 

[Horsewright]

Some recents:

Batch of knives and sheaths:

These two we donated to a roping in Oct:

Tried a new oak carving pattern on this one:

And on this one:

Everyone likes how the curve of the leaf fits into the curve of the cam of the welt on this one above. However, I can claim no intent. I agree it does indeed look cool but I sure didn't do it on purpose, it just come out that way!

 

[Horsewright]

My buddy stopped by and had me build him a new sheath for his knife:

He was having trouble figuring out what kept wearing out the stitching on the horizontal sheath on the top row near the tip. I'd already restitched it for him twice. He finally figured it out, he was rubbing it on his welding table while he was working.

So he wanted to try a roughout Slotted sheath:

A few more of the last batch:

Nichole was busy too. She was building this set for stock to put on the website:

All water buffalo construction:

Everyone that saw it said it was her best set yet by far:

It never made it off the workbench. Somebody started throwing down $100 bills until we said stop! I'm thinking maybe she should build another set similar!

Whaha been up to?

 

[RickHuf]

Very nice work! Sometimes on those real tight corners you can use a suitably sized round punch . Very consistent, better than cutting by hand, I do that on this holster there at the trigger guard:

And then there is a tighter curve by the hammer where this type of holster folds back on itself. I use a smaller punch there but I don't seem to have any pics of that. It's a 3/4 inch half round punch. Anyhoo punches can really help ya out on a lot of tight curves.

We use Tokonole on certain leathers. On others it doesn't work as well for us. Horween is very good leather, we use quite a bit of their horsehide.

Many apologies for not replying, I did not mean to be so rude.

Thank you so much for the reply, using larger punches is brilliant and that's what I'm going to do!

The horween chromexcel is amazing stuff. I wanted to make a clutch for the Mrs but didn't need it to be so heavy. It has awesome pull up and you can really beat on it and it looks better and better with age. Plus their chrome tan doesn't react with carbon steel like other manufacturers (or cheap overseas stuff). I've had a wrights lambsfoot in a chromexcel slip for a couple years and it looks great.

Anyways, much appreciated and thanks for always sharing your work it's outstanding to say the least!

 

[Horsewright]

Many apologies for not replying, I did not mean to be so rude.

Thank you so much for the reply, using larger punches is brilliant and that's what I'm going to do!

The horween chromexcel is amazing stuff. I wanted to make a clutch for the Mrs but didn't need it to be so heavy. It has awesome pull up and you can really beat on it and it looks better and better with age. Plus their chrome tan doesn't react with carbon steel like other manufacturers (or cheap overseas stuff). I've had a wrights lambsfoot in a chromexcel slip for a couple years and it looks great.

Anyways, much appreciated and thanks for always sharing your work it's outstanding to say the least!

Ya bet. I’ve had the same deal with other chrome tans too, and came to the conclusion that it is the quality of the tanning not the type of tanning. Some chrome tans react with steel and some don’t.

 

[Robber58]

My buddy stopped by and had me build him a new sheath for his knife:

He was having trouble figuring out what kept wearing out the stitching on the horizontal sheath on the top row near the tip. I'd already restitched it for him twice. He finally figured it out, he was rubbing it on his welding table while he was working.

So he wanted to try a roughout Slotted sheath:

A few more of the last batch:

Nichole was busy too. She was building this set for stock to put on the website:

All water buffalo construction:

Everyone that saw it said it was her best set yet by far:

It never made it off the workbench. Somebody started throwing down $100 bills until we said stop! I'm thinking maybe she should build another set similar!

Whaha been up to?

Dave,
Nichole's new bags are as close to perfect as it gets. I know from experience how much skill and patience it takes to make bags like that. She is an exceptional artist.
Randy

 

[Ilyusha]

Seeing a lot of wonderful work here for larger knives and fixed blades.

Does anyone make slips/sheaths for folding knives?

 

[Timothy Lindblom]

Seeing a lot of wonderful work here for larger knives and fixed blades.

Does anyone make slips/sheaths for folding knives?

I’ve made a few of these for folding knives like the sodbuster in the pictures. Is this what you’re looking for?

 

[Timothy Lindblom]

Working on a custom belt for a guy that wants a matching belt and instrument strap.

 

[Horsewright]

Dave,
Nichole's new bags are as close to perfect as it gets. I know from experience how much skill and patience it takes to make bags like that. She is an exceptional artist.
Randy

Thanks Randy! I’ve let her know about your kind words.

 

[Gary W. Graley]

Seeing a lot of wonderful work here for larger knives and fixed blades.

Does anyone make slips/sheaths for folding knives?

Depending on what you are looking for in slip sheaths, these are a few I made recently

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

G2

 

[jfk1110]

Depending on what you are looking for in slip sheaths, these are a few I made recently

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

G2

Beautiful job.....