What finish do you put on your leather sheaths?

Tom Lewis

Tom Lewis

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OK, I guess no one uses Fiebing's Leather Sheen , so what finish do you put on your leather sheaths?
 
I know it's not the best, but I use shoe polish... It's cheap and I've got it on hand. If I was selling, i'd use something else. Dunno what though... Horsewright Horsewright what do you use?
 

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I'd had a couple of requests about more info on how I build Pancake Sheaths. I had one to build for a knife I'd already sold and the customer wanted this sheath instead of what came with it. Thought I'd pictorially document the steps I go through. Here I've grabbed a front and a back...
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Check out the tutorial by Horsewright Horsewright .
On page 2 he describes his use of neatsfoot oil.
 
Yes I do use neatsfoot oil (pure not the compound). After the oil has had a chance to set, (usually overnight) I finish with Fiebings Bag Kote. It makes leather look like leather not like plastic.

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I used leather Sheen. Mostly on dyed or stained leather. After buffing it gives that Shiney look. Tends to sharpen colors but as Horsewright indicated it an look plastic like. For that satin finish like he said, bag kotes nicer.
 
Thank you sir! Ya bet!

I was rereading that link Richard posted above. At that time I was experimenting with RTC, a finish from Bee Natural. I went back to Bag Kote after we used up that bottle of RTC, just liked the Bag Kote better. We do use the RTC on the wife's horse shoe coasters that she makes. Seems to handle a wet glass a little better:

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Pretty much everything else is Bag Kote:

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I use Oakwood a conditioner, on rifle scabbards. Oakwood sets up and buffs off well. I had a hard time using BagKote on something as big as a scabbard and not getting streaks. A guy could use an airbrush though.

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Taz said:
Those horse shoe coasters are slick!
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Thank you Taz!

You might enjoy this. Bout when we made a big batch for Yellowstone.

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A week ago we were contacted by the studio that makes the TV show Yellowstone. They are interested in building the Yellowstone brand and wanted to place an order for some of our horseshoe coasters that my wife Nichole builds. They were looking for additional product to sell at their booth at...
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