Axe sheath

[KillDevilBill]

Just finished up an axe sheath for my son-in-law. Probably the last time I sew something that thick, but I had an idea and wanted to see if it would work. It did, but my fingers are sore. Lol

Edited yesterday at 01:16 PM by KillDevilBill

[DieselTech]

Nice work. Looks great. Yeah I bet your hands are sore. Outstanding work. 

[Mulesaw]

WOW!! 

That top is SO elegant. 
Did you drill the holes or use an awl to get through all those layers?

Brgds Jonas

[DoubleKCustomLeathercraft]

Beautiful axe sheath. Man... that's a lot of layers on the top edge. I bet that was a chore to stitch. And to end up with such a nice clean stitch line on both sides is near impossible for most of us. Great job!

[KillDevilBill]

Thanks everyone! I was taught that drilling stitch holes is a no-no and I don't like the way the slanted stitches look, so I'm strictly an awl guy. Think drill press that doesn't spin with an awl in the chuck.

I layed out the holes and punched them in the sides first. The center welt piece goes the whole length so that was next. I used the sides as a guide and punched the holes in each welt piece before assembly.

To assemble, I glued them in place one at a time. I had a needle in every third hole in the side as a guide. The the other side was last. I didn't realize it, or do it intentionally but my son noticed the top welt resembles wood grain, so I got that as a bonus.

[DoubleKCustomLeathercraft]

1 minute ago, KillDevilBill said:

Thanks everyone! I was taught that drilling stitch holes is a no-no and I don't like the way the slanted stitches look, so I'm strictly an awl guy. Think drill press that doesn't spin with an awl in the chuck.

I've often thought about seeing up a press of some kind to punch my stitch lines. It's hard to keep the angle right when working with odd shapes so I gave up on that idea pretty quick. 

[KillDevilBill]

That's why I did the welts one piece at a time, so they stayed flat. I also used one side as a guide for ALL the holes, so I didn't end up with a copy of a copy of a copy.

[DoubleKCustomLeathercraft]

Well, what you did was right, because it came out clean. 

[BattleAx]

Very Nice..

[BlackDragon]

This is really well done!

I like how you tapered each piece symmetrically.

The tooling is great! Leaves on one side and wood chips on the other.

Great attention to detail.