Knife Sheath

[sheathmaker]

Here's one I worked up for a client. He wanted the sheath to reflect the engraving on the guard.

Paul

[pete]

beautius maximus! what I could do with a sewing machine if only I could jutify one. All I seem to do is small projects or lacing requests for friends and family.

bravo! again

pete

Edited November 21, 2007 by pete

[Guest]

Beautiful, I like the contrasting stitching on the sheath. Very striking

Dave Theobald

[whinewine]

Super Nice!

russ

[Rayban]

Way Cool Paul!! Thanks for letting us see another great work of art from ya!!

[Don101]

What a beautiful piece of work realy nice and clean, perfect, Don

[Kevin King]

THAT is really nice. very clean.

[Beaverslayer]

That is about the nicest sheath I have seen. The inlayed leather, the contrasting colors, the carving to match the knife....Excelent, Beautiful work.

Ken

[JohnD]

Beautiful work Paul, I can appreciate your attention to details.

Your edge burnishing is awesome, I especially like the turned down top edge. I don't know if you've talked about it before, but do you mind if I ask about your burnishing method?

Very nice,

John

Edited November 22, 2007 by JohnD

[sheathmaker]

John the burnishing is multi step but it's sure not a secret. When the sheath has been stitched and is finished as far as construction is conerned I take it to my shoe finisher or a belt sander and level the edge with first 50 grit and then 100 grit sanding wheels. Then I get the whole thing fairly damp using a spray bottle with plain tap water. Wait a couple of minutes and then edge with a #2 edger (Weaver Master Tools). Edging damp is the first mini step to burnishing. Next is to apply white saddle soap and water and hand burnish using a piece of an old bed sheet. At this point I "flash" dry the sheath with a hair dryer and this has nothing to do with the burnishing, but it does harden the leather up just right for a functioning sheath or holster.

Then back to the sander and just burnish lightly with a worn 100 grit wheel. When I'm satisfied with the smoothness I hand burnish with gum tragicanth and then apply Feibing's Profession Oil dye if the edge needs color. Then it's on to the neatsfoot and final finishes.

On many of my sheaths I put the final touch around the edge with a #5 creaser during the "damp" phase and you may have been referring to that also.

Paul

Edited November 22, 2007 by sheathmaker

[abn]

Spectacular! (And Jerry's knife ain't bad either!)

[JohnD]

Thanks for the info, paul. I'll have to give that a try.

John

[Hilly]

That is really beautiful! I love it.

What tool did you use for the background texture, and where did you get it?

[sheathmaker]

That is really beautiful! I love it.

What tool did you use for the background texture, and where did you get it?

That's a Bob Beard pebble grain tool. It's one of the four tool set. Some of the handiest tools on the bench for putting "something" where nothing else looks right.

Paul

Edited November 24, 2007 by sheathmaker