reddirt Report post Posted May 6, 2011 I'm just getting started in leathercraft. I already create knifes and do lapidary. Of course, I will combine leather with knifes by making sheaths. But, I was wondering if it's possible to glue or embed polished stones into leather. I create quite a few cabochons and the turquoise would look great on leather. If you have glued of embedded polished stones in your leather projects, please let me know how you did it. Thanks! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DCKNIVES Report post Posted May 6, 2011 I do it quite often.I start by roughing up the back of the stone, I then mount it to a piece of fiberboard liner material available from the knifemaker supply places.I usually use like .030" , and use epoxy to mount it.After the epoxy has cured I trim the fiberboard to about 1/4" all the way around.Cut your hole and trim, burnish and dye edgeglue over the stone and to the fiberboard and sew thru the fiberboard.If your mounting to a pouch style sheath, you may need to round the back of the stone to match the contour of the sheath when the knife is in it, otherwise you'll have some problems.I have some on my website.Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
reddirt Report post Posted May 6, 2011 Thanks Dave ! I visited your website - you do awesome work! Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
