My Very First Sheath

[JackFrost]

A friend of mine wanted me to make him a Sheath for his very cool handmade knife. This was a challenge, because i have never made a Sheath before.

I started out by taking my leather, and soaking it in water for 15 minutes. This makes the leather very shapeble. I then cut a big piece of leather, and start shaping it over the knife.

This made a rough mold for the front part of my sheath. and as seen on the next to pictures, the mold is actually quite great:

Then i cutted the leather with a 1cm space along the edge, to make room for the seem for later:

I then took my blunt swivel knife, to really get the mold sharp and crisp. Then i cutted the backpiece, colored both pieces and sew them together. I made a Cross using a leather stamp.

I also tried to make edge patterns, these didnt turn out so great, it is very hard aligning them with each other.

Would like some tips on edge finishing. right now i use edge wax (like this) put i dont think it works very well.

Any tips?

- Jack

[Blazin]

Like the color of that sheath and the Damascus steel on the blade is nice as well.

Mind you I'm in the infancy stage of learning and working leather. However I have managed to do some edge burnishing with some heavy canvas and saddle soap.

But man you want to talk about a workout! Getting better at it as I go.

[almac]

i think ou did a fine job!

i'm still pretty new to leathercraft, but from what i've read, i think using gum taragranth on the edges, followed by rubbing briskly with a slicker(i use a TLF wooden model) will fix up your edges.

i'm still not brave enough for wet molding... lol.

[DuaneS]

A friend of mine wanted me to make him a Sheath for his very cool handmade knife. This was a challenge, because i have never made a Sheath before.

I started out by taking my leather, and soaking it in water for 15 minutes. This makes the leather very shapeble. I then cut a big piece of leather, and start shaping it over the knife.

This made a rough mold for the front part of my sheath. and as seen on the next to pictures, the mold is actually quite great:

Then i cutted the leather with a 1cm space along the edge, to make room for the seem for later:

I then took my blunt swivel knife, to really get the mold sharp and crisp. Then i cutted the backpiece, colored both pieces and sew them together. I made a Cross using a leather stamp.

I also tried to make edge patterns, these didnt turn out so great, it is very hard aligning them with each other.

Would like some tips on edge finishing. right now i use edge wax (like this) put i dont think it works very well.

Any tips?

- Jack

Nice Job and I love that color!

I do have one tip - I discovered that wrapping the knife blade, or the entire knife in 'Painters Tape' makes handling the knife much easier, and safer. And you are far less likely to scar your leather, the steel in the blade doesn't turn the leather black, and is less likely to rust.

[JackFrost]

Nice Job and I love that color!

I do have one tip - I discovered that wrapping the knife blade, or the entire knife in 'Painters Tape' makes handling the knife much easier, and safer. And you are far less likely to scar your leather, the steel in the blade doesn't turn the leather black, and is less likely to rust.

Yeah the Rust part i learned the hard way, my god my heart started pounding when i saw, that the handmade, hand cut hand everything knife i had borrowed to make the sheath, was completely covered in rust!.

Luckily, it came right off! :D

But thank you so much for the tip