Herter's Fillet Knife Sheath With Trout

[Oldtoolsniper]

This is a "Herter's World Famous Canadian Fillet Knife" I made a new sheath for. If you are old enough to remember Herter's it was all "World Famous" and the best of the best. Having grown up within an hour of the place I remember it as a big adventure when I was a kid.

I get these knives when I can at gun shows and such, they are nothing special as far as knives go but I enjoy them.

This is Herman oak leather stitched with the Lin cable au chinois 332 beige thread, the trout is dyed using different shades of Fiebings pro oil dye. The fly is red and white acrylic paint to make it pop. The main dye is Tandy pro water based applied by airbrush. The top coat is future acrylic floor finish cut 50%, airbrushed.

This is a first for me in a lot of areas.

[Bruce H]

Wow...That is really nice...It has a good pop to it...I like it!

Great job!

[rawcustom]

Very clean, very nice. I like the airbrush effect, well done.

[MikeG]

I love looking at knife sheaths - such a simple concept with so very many different variations -- your finish is wonderful and would work on a lot of different leather items - makes me want to take an airbrush class. Beautifully executed and clean. Thanks for posting.

[Oldtoolsniper]

Thanks everyone.

Airbrushing is as simple as spray painting. It's even easier with leather dye. No need to take a class.

[Oldtoolsniper]

I started a topic on airbrushing in the how to do it section.