ChiefFilipino

Thanks Mike!

I have seen some of the videos on YouTube and saw a bunch of different methods, but didn't know which ones were quality (some were obviously not). I haven't braved the cost of higher quality leather yet though seeing as how I am just starting off. I can't justify the cost as of yet. I can't even tell quality leather from not so good leather except maybe by price, is there a tutorial on determining leather quality?

Thanks! I haven't tried the layering process for the sheath yet. I really like the wet form/molding or folding process whatever it is called. I want to play with this style for awhile and then try my hand at the layer process like the tutorial you shared. Thank you!

Does anyone know of a wet form sheath tutorial, pdf, video, website that goes into great detail? There are some that I've found but it seems like I have more questions than answers. Thanks

Nicely done, the stitching is impressive on the front.

Nicely done!

Nice job. Does the sheath hang from the belt? That's what I am assuming the key fob type attachment is at the top. Am I correct?

Looks good!

What about the thickness of the welt is what I meant? For example from the stitching to the blade itself should there be a gap? Or should I basically cut a silhouette of the blade out and have everything snug as a bug?

Those are beautiful Red Cent! When I add that inch behind the finger guard and the leather collapses, won't I be smooshing the leather when I re-sheath the knife? With this one the guard was ramming into the leather and it would collapse together closing off the hole.

I really like friction/tension hold sheaths and I am working on one right now (a horizontal draw) when a question popped in my head: can I dye the leather first (I like oil dyes) while the pieces are apart, then wet form the sheath around the knife after that? For the knife sheath I'm working on now I wet formed it first then dyed it but I was just curious if I could go the other way around. A second question issue came up with this project, it is a small knife with a finger guard. I have the sheath going up like a quarter of the handle and as I was wet forming the sheath the leather dried and the opening shrank a little. I could pull it out just fine but when I would go to put it back in I was mashing the leather. I cut a hole along the top a little to make it so I could put the knife back in without mashing the leather. The question is: when I am wet forming a sheath how do I accommodate the finger guard but still maintain the tension/friction necessary to hold in the blade? Third question: how large do I need to make the welt? The welt I have on this one is about 1/4 inch but the blade moves around a lot in the sheath. Do I need to cut the welt in the shape of the blade? Thank you!