A little skinning knife sheath.

[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.  

[Norton Custom Leather]

On 3/13/2025 at 6:14 PM, Littlef said:

 

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.  

Like it. Really nice work

[Littlef]

On 4/1/2025 at 8:14 AM, Norton Custom Leather said:

Like it. Really nice work

Thank you very much!!