Knife sheaths for a Buck 119 and a Randall little bear Bowie

[DoubleKCustomLeathercraft]

Here are a couple knife sheaths a client order. The one with the ostrich leg inlay is for a Buck 119. It's his son's and it's a gift so I don't have the knife to work with. Not a hard knife to make a sheath for. With this one I also decided to use some of the leftover ostrich on the retension strap. He wanted the large scales to go straight across, but the length of the window was the wrong size, plus the pivot sanctum that was close enough to fitting had 2 or 3 loose scales. This is my first time working with ostrich, and I find it nice to work with. It's really thin so adding a 4/5 oz backing doesn't overkill the thickness. 

The bison leather is for a Randall custom knife. And, I understand 1000% why he didn't want to let that knife out is his sight. They have a 7 year waiting list if ordering directly, aren't cheap, and are hard to find. So I'm glad not to have it. It's a model 12 little bear Bowie 6" with stag handle. The blade is a hefty ¼" thick. Anyway, I decided to go neodymium magnets instead of a strap for retaining the knife so that there is nothing that can damage anything on the blade or handle. I used three 1"x⅛"x⅛" magnets I had available from some light fixtures that didn't last long, but the magnets are strong as can be. I made sure they will hold his heavy knife by testing the strength of the magnets on my wood chisels that are a bit heavier. Not only is this a first, but it's also the thickest leather I've had to stitch. With the welt, lining, spacer for magnets, weight of the bison, so on and so on..... all the layers it takes, put together and the belt loop folded over it's over ¾" at the thickest point. Amazing thing was it was not nearly as difficult to stitch as some of my holsters at ⅓ the thickness. 

[rleather]

Nice work on the inlay.Where do you source your ostrich legs from? I get mine from Rays ostrich.

[Hags]

Very nice!

[DoubleKCustomLeathercraft]

6 hours ago, rleather said:

Nice work on the inlay.Where do you source your ostrich legs from? I get mine from Rays ostrich.

Thanks.

I got the leg from Tandy. But next time I'll be going to maker's leather supply. Tandy doesn't give you a choice in color, only a range. I order brown and I can get any shade of brown. We were hoping for more of a golden brown. The downside to not having any leather supply within hundreds of miles. Makers at least gives choices of each color, and they're the same price or a color bucks cheaper. Does Rays have a website? 

2 hours ago, Hags said:

Very nice!

Appreciate it. 

[GatoGordo]

I have purchased ostrich legs from various suppliers, but the ones from Ray's were the best quality, in my opinion. They also offer the largest color variety that I have found.

https://www.ostrichleathersbyray.com/

[DoubleKCustomLeathercraft]

Thanks GatoGordo

[rleather]

15 hours ago, DoubleKCustomLeathercraft said:

Thanks.

I got the leg from Tandy. But next time I'll be going to maker's leather supply. Tandy doesn't give you a choice in color, only a range. I order brown and I can get any shade of brown. We were hoping for more of a golden brown. The downside to not having any leather supply within hundreds of miles. Makers at least gives choices of each color, and they're the same price or a color bucks cheaper. Does Rays have a website? 

Appreciate it. 

ostrichleathersbyray.com