Headknife sheath

[TwinOaks]

The sheath came out just fine, if a little oversized, but I'm wondering why the braid isn't as tight as I thought is should be. Is it b/c the lace is thin?

I'm pretty sure I could use a bit more care on the alignment of the lacing holes too.

Tell me what you think.

[TwinOaks]

Don't ya hate it when you haven't reloaded all the prog. files (after HDD replacement) and can't resize anything?

Here's the other photo...that wouldn't fit on the OP.

[Hilly]

The sheath came out just fine, if a little oversized, but I'm wondering why the braid isn't as tight as I thought is should be. Is it b/c the lace is thin?

I'm pretty sure I could use a bit more care on the alignment of the lacing holes too.

Tell me what you think.

Hey, it's TONS better than the one I made!

Maybe the braid isn't as tight as you'd like because you're going around a convex edge? I think maybe the holes need to be closer than if you were doing a straight edge? Opposite happens in a concave edge - the braid is too close together? BUT I could be wrong. Lord knows THAT'S happened on more than one occasion!

Have a nice day!

[Beaverslayer]

First off, great job on the sheath.

What you need to do when lacing something thick like this, is to make the edge rounded somewhat. You can do this either with your belt sander, or with a sharp knife.

Next, the reason your lacing has the spaces between them, is that the lace is not wide enough. If your hole spacing is 1/4" you need to use 1/4" lace. If you have made 1/4" hole spaces and you use 1/8" lace there is going to be a gap between each lace.

What I tend to do on something like this, is to round the dges, then if I'm using 1/4" lace. I will mark the holes a wee bit closer than 1/4" apart...just a wee bit. then you will have no problems with a gap. You also want to use short pieces of lace and splice the seam, use pieces of lace no longer than an arms length, this will reduce the "lace wear" as your are pulling it through each hole so many times.

Hope this helps.

Ken

[DCKNIVES]

Have to agree with everybody, as I do alot of this style on my sheaths. Round your edges a bit,at least a good bevel and move your hole spacing closer. Also using a different color will makes that stand out more. Here's a few of mine for examples.Dave

[TwinOaks]

Great info, and thanks to everyone. Ken, thank you so much for the layman's explanation. And Dave...wow! Thank you for posting those pics so I could see what is possible with lacing. Since this one is for the tool box, I won't be remaking it, but for the other braiding projects I have scheduled, I know how to 'fix' it.

Thanks bunches,

Mike

[Spider]

Glad you're satisfied with it even though you know what could be "fixed". The fact that you did the weave is bad ass. I started reading the instruction on this from the book and was lost as soon as step 6 was over, (guesstimated step). Very cool