Been out a while. Knife sheath to get warmed up again.

[DwightT]

Hello all.  I've been gone for a while with traveling and moving houses.  Moved two kids from Boise to Big Fork, Montana, then my wife got the bug to move too.  Fortunately we didn't have to move all the way to Big Fork, just a better home in Boise.

I finally got my new workshop set up, and a friend asked for a knife sheath to go with the knife that she received for Christmas.  Gave me a chance to warm up the tools again.

 

[wizard of tragacanth]

Really very, very "knife" work! See what I did there?

Nick

 

[Bert03241]

Very Nice Dwight

I too haven't done anything in a long while,combination of a lot of things.  Health and other things. Maybe I should try a sheath or holster. Laser is down so will have to be hand cut which I'm not to good at LOL. I need motivation .

[dikman]

Nice! The angled basket weave is very well done.

[DwightT]

On 1/9/2026 at 2:31 PM, dikman said:

Nice! The angled basket weave is very well done.

Thanks.  It's always interesting trying to wet-mold some leather that has already been tooled.  At least with a basket weave I don't have to worry about losing too much detail.

On 1/9/2026 at 12:44 PM, Bert03241 said:

Laser is down so will have to be hand cut which I'm not to good at LOL. I need motivation .

I was bored a while back so I watched a couple videos by Jim Linnel (Feather Carving) and Don Gonzales (Large Basket Weave).  I was intrigued, so I grabbed a piece of scrap leather and gave them both a try.  Not the greatest, but it was fun playing with them.  Maybe you just need to watch a couple videos and go play.