UKRay Report post Posted December 21, 2009 Okay - I give up. How should I inlay a piece of exotic leather into a belt or knife sheath? Everyone seems to have their own way of doing this and I'm getting very confused (it really doesn't take much!). How much overlap (or is that 'underlap' LOL) do I need to ensure the stitches hold? Should I use a lining piece inside a knife sheath or is the exotic leather inlay enough? Can I use a machine to stitch the inlay into place or does this need to be hand stitched? What do you do? How do you do it? Some pictures would be really helpful. Thanks guys. Ray Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dirtclod Report post Posted December 21, 2009 Hi Ray, i never really have done any inlay work. But i would allow at least a 1/4 to 1/2 inch under lap if theirs room. For sure i would i would line in the exotic. All of the exotic i have used are pretty thin. The snake skins i have used were paper thing lizard not much better. The times i have used snake skin and lizard i sewed them in useing a light machine and 69 thread. Sorry i don't have any pictures. The ones i did were before digital cameras. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DCKNIVES Report post Posted December 21, 2009 Ray, as you know thats about all I do anymore is inlays.I have a tutorial under "Knife Info" on my website.Feel free to look at it and if you still have questions,I'll help ya.Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
UKRay Report post Posted December 23, 2009 Many thanks guys. Dave, that tutorial is excellent and extremely helpful. I've got a much better idea of what is involved now and I'll be back to you if I get stuck (and with my track record for glue spillage that could be very soon!). One thing I did notice is that you hand stitch your sheaths and I wondered if a heavy harness sewing machine would make the job easier? Ray Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
