Brokenolmarine

Report post Posted 55 minutes ago Looks like all the votes are for stitching the belt loop rather than using rivets. I'll give that a try on the next pouch I make this weekend. Thanks for all the comments. I'm not quite sure what you mean. And when you wear the pouch, the belt loop doesn't even show. I'll try adding glue on my next pouch. And for protecting the stitches on the inside, is it just a layer of contact cement you put on them? I haven't stitched my belt loops yet but I'd imagine that proper stitches, hammered down afterwards would be pretty much recessed and not prone to getting damaged. °°°° I just use contact cement. A light coat, levels itself as it dries. It's a simple step, doesn't take much time, and for knives and guns, if nothing else, will waterproof the stitching. But, the tip of the knife could dig in.

I have box stitched all mine, but Glue them first with Contact Cement. None have given up the ghost yet. Not that I have made that many. However, my daughter has worn one knife sheath for nearly three years, still going strong. I also took a tip from a British leather worker whose holster and sheath videos I watched a lot of... after stitching the loop, I turn the leather over and put a thin layer of cement over the stitches inside the holster or sheath. Won't be seen ever again, but protects the stitches from whatever slides over them, and protects what is sliding over them.

Back in 2015, Miss T and I drove down to the Nissan Dealer in VA and for my birthday, bought a Nice little Frontier for my Birthday. We had a 2010 Titan Pro4x that had been a great truck, and were never going to get rid of it, but after I retired Miss T decided I needed the Sports Car I had always wanted. That didn't work out. We are truck people... so we bought the Frontier. I immediately ordered the shell, and then after the free range chickens decided to sit all over the truck... ordered the custom cover. Wasn't going to have chickens ruining the finish on a brand new truck. Still have the Titan and the Frontier... still look new. Don't need the cover in Oklahoma. The chickens are down in the coop in the pasture and the trucks are garaged. Miss Tina decided to make a cover for the Cowboy 3200 to keep the sawdust, bugs, and just plain dust off the machine... but was wondering what to use to make it. She had a lot of material but nothing big enough. I remembered we still had the unused cover. She cut it down and made the cover for the Cowboy Sewing Machine and a cover for the Jet Bandsaw. There is Enough left that I can make one for the drill press using the Cowboy.

Very nice, love the contrast. SF

Thanks for the warning, but I have worked with cocobolo a lot. So far no issues, but I use dust collection and have several systems in play including an overhead air filter. I'll check out the website.

Nice... I know she will be proud to own it. The only question is will she carry it daily or lock it away because it's a treasured gift. I love the beauty of the grain in the scales as well. I will probably inlay my first turquoise in walnut or cocobolo. I may make the blade a Damascus hunter or go with a skinner.

I made this stitching pony a couple years ago from one I saw in a picture, yet added my own mods to better suit my needs. The one I saw was fixed, but I put a swivel base so I could turn the work while sitting on the wings in a chair and sewing or while the base was clamped on the work surface as shown. I also added a pair of rare earth magnets, one on either side, to HOLD the needles when I needed to adjust or change the work's position in the clamps so they didn't drop off the thread. I use them all the time and find them very convenient. I had planned to mount them flush, then realized that would make the needles harder to retrieve. In the original build I had intended to try and find a large wing nut, but then decided to make my own knob and used a large piece of maple and shaped it on the bandsaw and sander, then seated and glued the nut in place. Worked out perfectly. I have used this for years, though now I have the Cowboy 3200 it might see less use. There will still be some things I will sew by hand by choice or necessity.

Thanks, I have saved them.

Very nice. I made a stitching pony a couple years ago, and use it a lot. I often thought it would work better mounted to a proper height bench. I would make one of those if I had the plans.

I am planning on making a nice Gunbelt for myself, with a single action holster for my Unberti Birdshead 357, belt loops, and a Sheath for a knife. I knew that I needed a couple punches to make it look right and ordered good ones, a 1/2" and 1-1/2" CS Osborne pair from Springfield Leather. They came in a couple weeks ago and I tried them a couple times on scrap leather. Nice clean cuts, but they took a number of whacks with the mallet and maul I have. Too light. I looked hard but couldn't find the Nylon 2 pounder in stock anywhere except Barry King... but, Amazon had the BK 24 ounce maul, which is what I prefer, and I ordered that. Double the weight of my current mallet. Came in yesterday. VERY nice. That'll do, Donkey, That'll do.

Thanks. I'll look forward to it.

Sweet. Running a veteran's charity we actually met a group of pro wrestlers touring the state fair circuit. Now these guys and gals weren't top of the heap stars, but the fans knew them.They invited us "backstage" and the whole group signed a couple T-shirts to donate to our charity auction. Nicest bunch you'd wanna meet. "Good guys and Bad guys". Don't tell anyone I said so.

I agree, nice work. Finished yet?

I bought turquoise for knife accents just before my injury. I'd like to see the knife as well.

Outstanding work. I'm sure the covers will be treasured.

Outstanding

Thanks folks, I will continue in woodwork, knifemaking, and leatherwork, and combine all three. Lol.

As soon as I do one that I have sewn on the machine I'll post it up. I have posted some in the member gallery, but those are all hand sewn.

An inside view of the box, before the hinges attached the top. She stores boxed items below the tray.

Miss Tina wanted a Jewelry Box, but asked if I could make it special. I made this one by hand, from a single plank of curly cherry. The trays inside from walnut, were bandsaw box style. The trim outside was formed with antique molding planes, as were the edges on the top. It took a while, but this is truly one of a kind. It's about a foot tall, sixteen inches wide, and eight inches deep.

Splitting firewood, I noticed some nice grain in a piece of walnut and tossed it aside. The wife said we were splitting wood to burn not to save. I ignored her. After a year of drying, I ran the wood thru the band saw, the planer, jointer, and then used the planks to build MY Flag/Medals display box. I have used this original design a dozen times to build boxes for other vets... as well as other original designs when requested. The boss doesn't ask when I save a chunk of wood we come across any longer.

Next grandchild came along and the pendulum cradle was up again. (The oldest daughter this time) Son had the first. This one is Black Walnut, Mahogany, birdseye maple. Same design, with slight mods. She got maple spindles in the edge for a touch of class.

My stepfather was an anal contractor in the Metro Richmond area when I was in High School and taught me to strive for perfection in my work. HE never advertised for jobs, and always had work lined up in the finest homes in the area. Wives called him to build things, spending Rich Husband's money. "Biffy Told me you built her addition, when can you start on a garage and Mother in Law's suite for me?" Every aspect of the job had to be done to his exacting specifications. Even those that the building inspectors would never see. So I tried to do my very best later in life... My best never hit HIS skill levels, but I did MY best... LOL. I used the best materials I could find, and didn't cut corners. I rarely sold my work, preferring to stick to gifts for family and friends, or donations to charity auctions or presentations for the family's of vet's who passed. Here is a pic of the cradle I built for my first grandson.... It's a pendulum cradle built from Walnut and Ash, and breaks down so the legs and spreader bar (underneath) store in the basket when the baby outgrows it to wait for the next. When the baby wakes, and moves, it rocks them back to sleep. Miss T made the mattress and rail pads.

I have knives with the sharp saw teeth on the back, in fact we often carried one in flight vest with massive teeth on the back. Those on the skinning knife are flat and dull and I do ride my finger there when cleaning. Thanks for the input...

Cool, new to knife making, did I explain the use correctly?