Diamondback rattlesnake sheath

[Garyak]

Finally got me a rattlesnake. From Nevada of all places. Here I am in Deep South Texas surrounded by scrub brush, and can’t find a rattlesnake to save my life. The diamondbacks online have really gotten pricey, in 1996 they were 75$, now a decent skin is 200+. I’ve worked with every permitted skin on the planet, but rattlesnake is Handsdown the coolest I think. 

 

 

 

 

Edited April 3, 2023 by Garyak

[Bert03241]

Nice

[Frodo]

Let’s take off for a week and drive to the ever glades

go hunt a boat load of python 

Lemmie axe you som’n

Dude is gifting me a a 6’ gater

It needs tanning, I am thinking that a gater is a reptile, therefore it can be tanned like a snake.  Wat ju think?

[Hags]

SWEET!!

[chuck123wapati]

awesome as always!! no diamond backs here but plenty of prairie rattlers. I usually get a few every year just along the road.

[Garyak]

3 hours ago, Frodo said:

Let’s take off for a week and drive to the ever glades

go hunt a boat load of python 

Lemmie axe you som’n

Dude is gifting me a a 6’ gater

It needs tanning, I am thinking that a gater is a reptile, therefore it can be tanned like a snake.  Wat ju think?

American leather works. Tanning kits. And Springfield leather co too I believe. Follow directions or it’ll be hard as a gator when it’s done. 

1 hour ago, chuck123wapati said:

awesome as always!! no diamond backs here but plenty of prairie rattlers. I usually get a few every year just along the road.

Thanks bud! I bought some of those prairie rattlers… had to glue them down repeatedly before they would take. Seem to be plentiful up there. 

[akguy59]

WOW! That is absolutely fantastic. Beautiful sheath. 

[Handstitched]

So love that  I also love the ' embellishments' on your machine   No ' rattlers' where I am .

HS

[BigBore]

Stunning work!

[doubleh]

Great knife sheath. It's rattlesnake country where I live but l haven't stumbled on to one in several years and the last was a tiny one with one button, not even big enough for a hat band, so it got to live. We have been in drouth conditions for over 20 years here and all the wild life has suffered and I suppose snakes are included.

I wear cowboy hats and have wanted a rattlesnake skin hat band for years but never having found the right size in the wild and being too cheap to purchase a skin and certainly a ready made one I am still without.

[Bert03241]

5 hours ago, Handstitched said:

So love that  I also love the ' embellishments' on your machine   No ' rattlers' where I am .

HS

Maybe you have no rattlers but some of the snakes you do have , have stunning skins, they would make awesome sheaths

[Handstitched]

13 hours ago, Bert03241 said:

Maybe you have no rattlers but some of the snakes you do have , have stunning skins, they would make awesome sheaths

I really should give them a try  . The are available here in Oz.   I guess I just haven't given them much thought .  I do have some fish skins  that someone gave me , but nowhere near as nice as snake.  I've only used Cane Toad.  A Cane Toad skin sheath perhaps. They do have a nice texture.

HS

[Garyak]

On 4/10/2023 at 1:53 AM, Handstitched said:

I really should give them a try  . The are available here in Oz.   I guess I just haven't given them much thought .  I do have some fish skins  that someone gave me , but nowhere near as nice as snake.  I've only used Cane Toad.  A Cane Toad skin sheath perhaps. They do have a nice texture.

HS

Got some African bullfrog I whipped up a couple weeks ago. Think I got some cane toad here somewhere. 

[Handstitched]

They are excellent   The texture in the first pic is identical to Cane Toad. They can also come in different colours too. But they ain't cheap . The tanning process is different to other leathers apparently,  to remove all of the toxins . 

I have to admit, you're giving me inspiration  and motivation 

Well done   

HS