vwaltman

That is real nice work that you have there I like the way wrapped the tooling piece around as it adds another demension to the sheath and makes it really stand out.

Just finished the sheath for my Armageddon Skinner and I thought that I would show it off. The handle is made of Macassar Ebony and the blade is made from 440c steel. Hardened to Rc57-58. Here are some photos hope you like them Vern

Just thought I would share my latest knife and sheath. This is my first sheath that I have completed the BW pattern without that many mistakes, even though I took my time I still got the alignment just a little off in a couple of places. Let me know what you think. Oh and yes Burnishing is an art to master and I am yet to get there. I read the Pinned post on burnishing and learned a few tricks from it but I can still see space in some areas of the burnishing I guess I did not get my sanding even. anyway I will post the burnishing in the reply here so someone can give me some tips on it. Thanks Vern Here is the burnishing

Beautiful work

Thanks for all the good posts here they have been very helpful to me Vern

Well I thank everyone for the warm welcome and hopefully I will learn a lot as I am just finding my way with the stamping on my sheaths right now. On the sheath I am working on now for my Patch Knife (think Mountain Man and Hawkins .50 cal.) I tried my hand at the Basket weave pattern. Since this knife is for me I can handle a mistake or two in the leatherwork. I had a few issues where my alignment was slightly out in the center but I think I recovered from it and my edges were even. I will post photos of it when I get the sheath all put together probably this weekend. I am still trying to understand the Stain, Dye, and Finish part of leatherworking. I have read what is posted to the forum topics and I understand the difference between the stain and dye but not exactly when I should use one or the other. As for the finish how do I choose between all of them? Right now I have just been using the Eco-Flo dye (Saddle Tan) and their finish but I can say I am not real pleased with the way it looks. Well I guess I need to Practice some more on it. I have 2 more sheaths to work on after this one so I think I will get the practice. Vern

May I have access please

This is very similar to what I did as well on this sheath and I used 2 snaps on the cross strap Vern

Hi everyone I started making knives about a year ago and well that is what got me into leatherworking. I found that when I bought other folks knife Sheaths that they did not fit my knives, so I decided to learn to make my own. YouTube is a wonderful place to learn about all kinds of things and making leather sheaths was an easy find. As you see in the sheaths are plain and a simple design and I need to work on my stiching alingment but these are my first attempts. Let me know what you think. I am working on a Patch knife now and when I get the sheath completed I will post my work back up here. Vern

Real nice work there and you have me thinking on trying this out on one of my rifles