First sheath shipped in 2008

[sheathmaker]

This one headed for Oregon on the 2nd of January. The leather is Wickett and Craig "chestnut" skirting 7/8 oz with neatsfoot oil only...no dyes. Inlay is black alligator. Deer skin lining is black. Finished with TanKote and NeatLac. Smaller stitching is on Artisan 797AB LTHR and the larger stitches are the work of the Artisan Toro 4000.

Paul

Edited January 8, 2008 by sheathmaker

[Beaverslayer]

Very nice knife, but I think the sheath is a bit light..LOL

Ken

[sheathmaker]

Very nice knife, but I think the sheath is a bit light..LOL

Ken

Yeah Ken, you must have posted as I was frantically tyring to get the right picture posted. The correct one is posted now.

Paul

Edited January 8, 2008 by sheathmaker

[freak]

WOW.. very clean and tight. Really nice rich color. Well done..!!

[Beaverslayer]

Now that is VERY nice, the color is perfect, and I love that little extra touch you add as an accent on the top of the sheath opening.

Thanks for sharing the pics.

Ken

[Roger]

very nice!

lots of little touches and nice color combination!

[sheathmaker]

Now that is VERY nice, the color is perfect, and I love that little extra touch you add as an accent on the top of the sheath opening.

Thanks for sharing the pics.

Ken

Ken, that "little extra touch" you refer to is the visible part of a full deer skin lining. It's stitched at the lip, grain to grain and then rolled back over the top and into the inside of the sheath.

Paul

Edited January 8, 2008 by sheathmaker

[Randyc]

Paul

Thats a real nice looking sheath. I'm sure your customer will be quite proud of his new sheath. Do you by chance skive the edges of your inlays before stitching them in?

Randy

[sheathmaker]

Paul

Thats a real nice looking sheath. I'm sure your customer will be quite proud of his new sheath. Do you by chance skive the edges of your inlays before stitching them in?

Randy

Yes I do, Randy. I do them pretty much the same as inlays in boot tops. In addition, I run the top piece of the sheath (block cut) through the hand crank splitter to about 40/60 and then cut my inlay window and do the installation and stitching and then I Barge the original pieces back together, and then cut out the pattern. This makes for neat edges and close inlays. I also skive the soft deer skin lining back from the seam edge before final assembly of the sheath so it won't interfere with the final edge finish.

Paul

[JRedding]

I really like the sheath, I admire anyone who builds a good one I've had plenty of them give me trouble, that brass button on the keeper strap really caught my eye, what a handy piece of hardware, if you don't mind sharing info could you tell me where I could source some?