MagiKelly Report post Posted March 27, 2010 I got a Spiderco Bushcrafter knife and was not particularly taken with the sheath. I asked a friend about making a sheath for me but I would have to wait for a while and send the knife to him. I decided I should really try making a sheath myself. So here we have it. It is 4mm leather stitched with artificial sinew. I decided to try doing it with a basketweeve pattern. I was expecting this to turn out pretty badly so used a grade 2 leather I had. It actually turned out pretty well so I should have probably used the good leather but I guess after a few weeks use it would probably have ended up looking the same anyway. Having no patience and with only pretty heavy duty rings to hand I have used a heavier gauge ring than I would normally have but again this looks okay, in my opinion. The sheath is a very deep one which is my preference. The only thing I would say was a mistake is I did not take enough time to make sure the tongue that goes over the back and holds the ring is not centred but I can live with this. So here are the pictures. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iwannabeacowboy Report post Posted March 27, 2010 For your 1st sheath, it came out very nice. Construction looks good and strong. Your right the ring size looks like it was made for it. When stamping something that's going to be wet formed, you will lose some detail in your stamping. I would have made the basketweeve a little deeper for my taste. What color thread did you use? charlie Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MagiKelly Report post Posted March 27, 2010 What color thread did you use? It is just the natural colour artificial sinew. I use it a lot as I like the thickness of it and usually I have brass fittings which it compliments well. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
abn Report post Posted March 29, 2010 Nice job. Looks good! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DSJackson Report post Posted April 2, 2010 Excellent! If my first sheath turns out half as good as this, I'll be happy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MagiKelly Report post Posted April 5, 2010 Well you know how it is. I still had one ring left. I thought if I made another sheath I could make it a little better fit and there was this leather winking at me from the corner. Still using the grade 2 leather but here we are with the mark 2 sheath. And here it is compared to number 1. The second one is at the top, in both pictures. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
