bladegrinder

For not having the knife on hand I’d say you did great! I had a knife maker friend years ago that was a retired sheriff and hated leatherwork, he sent cardboard cutouts to a guy doing life in prison to make his sheaths. The guy did good work but being in prison he had to use water based dyes that just didn’t look that good.

That looks awesome, great job!

That looks great!

Here is a Sig 365 inside the waistband holster, in the first pic you can see the mag release, the second shows the mag release clearing the holster.

I use blue guns for guns I don't own, you can see here how the reverse side of the magazine release is visible. the backside of the holster is cut the same way as the front. The second holster is a S&W Shield. it holds it nicely with no worries about the mag release. I wet form and vacuum my holsters to the gun but that has no bearing on the magazine relase issue.

Did your set screws come loose on the fly wheel? Check that, the flywheel might be turning but it’s not turning the shaft.

Welcome back pastor Bob!

Someone that’s good with a tig welder could fix that for you.

That looks great!

That's beautiful.

That looks great!

I'm getting in some practice carving with this lion face. I did one on scrap to see how it came out and it seemed pretty good so I did another on this sheath. The story on this is in 1903 a game ranger was on horseback in Africa and got attacked by two lions and he killed one with a knife. to this day that knife gets replicated by company's and custom makers, this is my 2024 version of "the Lion killer". this knife will be donated to the Safari Club, Tampa Bay chapter for their auction. this will be my 31st year of donating a knife to their auction. I hope someone likes it and bids high!

So, what company was it?

That came out looking great, you should be proud of that piece!

English bridle is my go to dye for knife sheaths and holsters, cut 50% with reducer and applied with wool shearling. With stamping - carving highlighted with Fiebings brown antique.