I need a How To on making a Sheath Press.

[Talfuchre]

I have seen people make their own Leather Sheath Presses (for wet forming sheaths to knives) and I am looking for help in this direction. A list of goods to buy and places to buy them would be best.

Thanks,

TF

[Dwight]

Go to www.pistolsmith.com, . . . scroll down to the holster section, . . . (you may have to sign up, . . . I don't know for sure), . . . use the search function, . . . look for holster presses.

There are several pictures on line there, . . . everything from old screw presses, . . . to nice new hydraulic presses.

From all the info I could gather (I'm going to build one this summer............maybe) the key to it is the rubber used. It is supposed to be gum rubber, . . . durometer hardness of 40 and can be bought by the square foot from McMaster-Carr, . . . the catalog folks.

One fellow on there said he put a gauge on his, . . . used something in the neighborhood of 6 tons of force on his press, . . .

FWIW

May God bless,

Dwight