Woodshed

My situation exactly. 3 cheapos and an open slot!

Thanks TonyV. The one thing that bothers me is I'd like to see the buckle tongue passing thru the middle hole. Maybe a little OCD? Sooner or later I'll probably cut the buckle off and make its strap longer to position it there. I run my swivel knives about as tall as they will go, that's the cause. The pattern length is probably right for most folks.

I was perusing Tandy's Leathercraft Library the other day and found George Hurst's design and article on making a swivel knife holder. It appealed to me because mine did not have a home other than a corner of my workbench. A fun project!

While not being an expert or an experienced leather crafter, this past year has been one of learning by hands-on doing. I may be able to help in the few areas that have caused me the most difficulty. I've scratched the surface a little in the following areas of the leather work processes: pattern making, accurately cutting parts from leather, decoration, stitching, edging and very basic finishing. Only small stuff that I can hand stitch without a clamp so far (got one on the way). And pretty much only thicker leather. I still need to learn how to handle thin leather during processing in a way that maintains its dimensional accuracy. Gonna be going there soon.

My Dad was given these Finnish hunting knives by his Dad probably around 1940. Both sheaths are constructed quite different anything I've seen recently.

I second the motion...

Good morning 327fed! That's some pretty land up there in south central Tennessee. The land gets more photogenic as soon as you cross the state line. I once had about 22 acres in the Taft area. My plans for the property never materialized so it got sold, but it was really nice and I often regret selling.

And BIGSIZZLE! I just read your post which I somehow missed until now. Madison is just as close as Huntsville and I go there regularly, although with all the road work and traffic on I565 not as often as before. But this place is growing like crazy and I565 needs more lanes. I'm glad its getting them. nomatic, I never expected to carve any axe handle in this life, much less a canked one. I have no explanation other than about 2 years ago a guy gave me an antique spoke shave that I used to make an axe using an old axe head. I enjoyed it. That's lead to getting more hatchet and axe heads to refurb. By the time the broad axe head showed up, it was one of those challenges that look fun. So I built a shave horse and went at it!

Hi nomatic! That makes at least 4 of us in the Huntsville area. That's almost enough for a convention! Nice! I'm about a year into it as well. It all started with the need for a sheath. The first thought I had after I finished the sheath was "it'll do for now but surely I can do better than that!" I'm still trying!

The front and strap are just scrap leather doodles that were just sitting around. This little vision dropped in when they wound up on my desk next to the needle nose pliers. The strap is riveted like you would a hammer loop on a tool belt. Lacing was a total learning opportunity; first time for everything. I use the needle nose all the time to pull the needle through thicker leather assemblies, but its one of those tools that suffers from the "where did I set that down" effect. This will reduce lost time looking for it.

The wallet looks great and you should have a happy customer. As to the precision of the build, a super wow. Beautiful!

Ideas constantly come to mind about how to make the shop safer, a little more organized, or simply a bit more capable. If materials are on hand, it's time to take a stab at making something rather than buying. why not? Especially when you don't really like to shop and wait for something that can be made that will work. The pic shows most of the home-made shop leather and tooling in the shop at the end of year one. Back Row: Needle nose holster. Pin cushion. Round and rectangular shot bags. Middle Row: 4 sheaths, punch board, organizer pouches Front Row: 3 lifters, 4 crowners, 2 bar grounders, leaf liner and single seed burst, 4 modeling tools

There is there is currently a cornucopia of projects in the Show Off!! Forum that are awesome that I just look at and go wow. Just by looking with my eyes I learn something every time I come here. Thanks!

I think the tongue is fabulous and artful. If the flap needs to be held down, maybe a hidden magnet clasp or such would do? Looks great!

The axe is ready to use waiting for me to get a suitable log to square up. I want to make a couple of primitive style park benches from native black locust. That will be really cool with me, to make a couple of nice benches with no material cost!

It may be awhile. The geometry of the handle creates unique factors that need to be taken into account. It will take me some time to sort it out for ergonomics/functionality. So far I've got the blade traced accurately on a board and not much more.

Wow! Great work!

Truth!

As I was donning finger picks for some Dobro practice this morning, I looked at the plastic bag holding my finger picks, flat picks, Dobro steel and guitar slide and decided a leather pouch would be much better. The result is this tri-fold pouch which works like a tobacco pouch. A quick hack, but it works!

I will put that to use. Thanks!

I thought that would be easier but it dang near blew my mind trying to lay it out! I'm going to be trying to understand the pattern more as it still is confusing me. I'd like to be able to easily size the rectangle to achieve larger/smaller and tighter/looser weaves depending on the application.

Beautiful work of great variety and creativity. I agree, life is short, and days seem to fly by faster the older I get. I think the lottery is rigged, tho!

Yep I did a few of those to give as Christmas gifts. Here's one we've been using.

We had some cold and some wet weather that kept me from working in the yard, so I've turned to the kitchen for the last couple of weeks...

Welt! I tried to recall that word for it but it just wouldn't bubble up through the gray matter. Maybe age related lol. Hate when I know there is a better word to use and can't think of it. Thanks toxo! I see how the welt could safely be omitted that way, but welts give me some extra reassurance and sort of play to my comfort zone. What I want to make easier is stitching, think its time for a stitching clam. There is so much wasted motion saddle stitching without one.