A little skinning knife sheath.

[Littlef]

 

I’ve had this knife laying around for a year … maybe two.  I’m planning on making a possibles bag for shooting muzzle loaders, and I’m going to attach it to the strap, when I make the bag.    Figured I go ahead and get the sheath knocked out.  I gotta learn not to be in a hurry.  There’s a couple little mistakes in the stamping cause I was going to fast.  Also, I didn’t tape the leather before stamping.   I figured it’s so small it won’t make a difference.  It makes a difference, and the leather still stretches.  I was able to make some adjustments, and it works fine.  I gotta learn to just stop working when I get to a point where I just want to be done.  

[DoogMeister]

Looks nice.  Mule deer antler shed?

[chuck123wapati]

Thats a nice little patch knife indeed. I found some small compasses that look nice embedded in the cut end it is an easy way to fill that void if the shank doesn't interfere and the sheath really rocks!! It will look great on a possibles bag.

[dikman]

Looks good to me. Mistakes? Maybe, but they're not obvious to me. Cute knife and handle.

[Littlef]

10 hours ago, chuck123wapati said:

Thats a nice little patch knife indeed. I found some small compasses that look nice embedded in the cut end it is an easy way to fill that void if the shank doesn't interfere and the sheath really rocks!! It will look great on a possibles bag.

Thank you very much sir.  Now  I’m planning out how I want to design the possibles bag. 

3 hours ago, dikman said:

Looks good to me. Mistakes? Maybe, but they're not obvious to me. Cute knife and handle.

Thank you very much. 

[Littlef]

23 hours ago, DoogMeister said:

Looks nice.  Mule deer antler shed?

Thanks!  Not 100% sure on the antler.  I bought it from a maker on Etsy.  the seller didn’t say.

[chuck123wapati]

12 hours ago, Littlef said:

Thanks!  Not 100% sure on the antler.  I bought it from a maker on Etsy.  the seller didn’t say.

sheds are not cut off  thy fall off and leave a stump. so they have no saw marks on the end

[Littlef]

2 hours ago, chuck123wapati said:

sheds are not cut off  thy fall off and leave a stump. so they have no saw marks on the end

I’m kinda confused.  I don’t recall ever saying the antler was cut off. Doogmeister asked  if this was mule deer.  I said I didn’t know.  

[chuck123wapati]

21 hours ago, Littlef said:

I’m kinda confused.  I don’t recall ever saying the antler was cut off. Doogmeister asked  if this was mule deer.  I said I didn’t know.  

LMao  I read this "Looks nice.  "Mule deer antler shed?"    then this   "Thanks!  Not 100% sure on the antler.  I bought it from a maker on Etsy.  the seller didn’t say."

I just figured you knew it was a mule deer. Sorry 

[Prusty]

Looks pretty cute with the extended section for the handle.

I don’t do much if any decorative stamping, can you explain what difference taping it would’ve made?

[Littlef]

On 3/22/2025 at 4:30 AM, Prusty said:

Looks pretty cute with the extended section for the handle.

I don’t do much if any decorative stamping, can you explain what difference taping it would’ve made?

Leather is pretty flexible when it’s wet.  When you stamp leather, it spreads.  The more you stamp … like in a basket weave pattern, it keeps spreading.  By the time I stamped the diamond pattern, the stitch lines n the back of the holster no longer lined up.  They were close, but the front absolutely spread out.    If you masking tape the back when you stamp, it holds the leather in place, and keeps it from spreading out.