Vacuum Molded Sheathes

[LMullins]

 

Good morning folks,

My woman got me a vacuum sealer and I've been putting it to work lately. These two were a combination of vacuum sealed and worked by hand at the end.

Two layers of 8-9oz veg-tan hand stitched with 0.8 thread and Solid Brass snaps. 

I'm working on getting a consistent and uniform appearance, and I think I'm improving each time I try  

Let me know your thoughts! And what would YOU price these at? 

[LMullins]

[LMullins]

[AlZilla]

I've used a food vac sealer a few times. The only drawback is that the bags are textured on the inside, which imprints on your workpiece.

Unless you like the texture.

Pricing would just be materials, time and a markup. I don't know if that particular sheath, molded for that style of knife, is commercially available, so that might get a premium.

Very expertly done.

[LMullins]

Thank you for your words.

so I've experimented with multiple bags and it took me a while to figure out the method.

You cannot use textured bags, as you have mentioned, due to the fact that the texture will imprint onto the leather in a very ugly fashion.

Instead, purchase a bag without texture OR flip the bag inside out  this project was made with the former method and you can't really tell. Yes, there are a bit of wrinkles at the bottom, but overall it's a very nice look. I try to massage the creases out with a folder to (some) success.

[AlZilla]

4 hours ago, LMullins said:

 OR flip the bag inside out  

Well, it never occurred to me to do that. Genius.

I guess I'm going to dig that thing back out ...