Knife Sheath For a Friend.

[Brokenolmarine]

I made a sheath for a friend after Christmas.  He had gotten a custom knife as a gift, and I posted the sheath here.  He loved it, but had wanted a minimal sheath, as thin as possible.  No welt to make it tight against his belt... I made it angled as well, as he had asked.  The knife was incredibly sharp, so I cautioned him to not push too deep.

Last week he came by and said he had gotten a little overzealous with the insertion and stuck the knife out the bottom of the sheath.  Could I redo the stitching?  I told him I'd make another sheath, using this one as a pattern, and see what I could do to protect against future errors.  I deconstructed the one above, and laid out a pattern, with some changes.

[Brokenolmarine]

I won't go into all the details, but one of the changes was I put a strip of kevlar blended rubber on the lower end of the welt and trimmed it to follow the profile once the contact cement cured.  That would stop the push through.  I also saddle stitched twice around the stitch line.  I like the thicker look, plus with the belt loop and the welt and sheath edges contact cemented, it all should hold up well.

I won't go into a build along thread, I drilled through the welt when I glued it to the single side, then again when I folded over the sheath and cemented it in place, to insure the holes were straight through.  My stitch lines on the back are becoming more uniform like those on the front, learning from practice and tips from the forum and youtube.

Touched up the stitch lines with the Light Brown Dye, burnished the edges and added a second coat of red dye to the initials.  Sheen for the finish coat and two coats of bees wax buffed out.  Looked pretty good.  I think he'll like it.

I don't sell my work, I present it to family and friends or donate it for auction.  Paying things forward these days.

 

[PastorBob]

Beautiful work.  The added layer of red really makes the initials pop.  

[JDFred]

Very nice work!