Knife Sheath

[Skipknives]

hay guys I'm the new guy on this site,,

I posted on the Critique my work page links to a word document explaining my Sheath-Latch.

you folks that make knife sheaths,,I would like your opinions,,,be harsh so i can learn.

[Don101]

Hi Skip welcome to the forum, th sheath looks very well made and clean work, was the leather pree embosed or did you carve it yourself? Don

[Skipknives]

no I bought a 17 squ ft. side of 7-8 oz.

I carved the design on a 1/4" inch thick peice of PVC plate,,

drilled 1/16" inch holes in the deepest parts of the carving,,

soaked a peice of the leather in warm water for about 25 minutes,,

layed it "smooth side down on the plate and placed it in a vacuum table for another 20min

while under vacuum i tapped the flesh side with a ball pean hammer(small)

re-wet the panel and case-formed it over the knife,,

I used a crochet needle and a jewlers screw driver to marked the background textures.

[Skipknives]

here is a second sheath using the same design plate to emboss

[Luke Hatley]

"NECESSITY IS THE MOTHER OF INVENTION"

PRAY TELL .... PLEASE TELL US THE STEPS YOU TOOK

TO CARVE THAT DESIGN ON P V C ...

[Skipknives]

yes,, i drew the design on typing paper,,placed it on the PVC plate,,then used an exact-o knife to scratch the out-line onto the plate.

then used several drimel bits to carve it into the PVC.

Edited November 1, 2007 by Skipknives

[Mike Craw]

Hey Skip!

I think the design of the retention in the sheath is fantastic! Your sewing looks nice and even. Would you consider using that considerable talent to learning leather carving and tooling now? The only criticism I would have with your PVC embossing method is that the impressions run over past your stitching groove and off the leather. Once you learn some basic leather stamping, you can customize your design for any size sheath you are making.

To pick up on another response, do you make the knives, too? They are beautiful.

Mike

[Skipknives]

Thank you,,

so i should smooth out the leather out side of the stitching?? I'll try it.

yes the knives are mine too from ATS-34 stainless bar stock.

I have several pictures on how i make stuff where it asks for a web-site,,

i don't have one so i put a link to my photo bucket page,,it shows some pics of my shop and tools.

and yes i would like to learn diferent crafts,,leather inncluded.