My first leather made item!! Mora sheath!

[snubbyfan]

It's pretty good for a first attempt, nice edge.

I agree about grooving the inside of the sheath for the belt loop.

I personally prefer to keep my stitches closer to the edge, usually about an eighth of an inch.

I don't always groove my stitch lines, depends on the look I want and the application.

This one's grooved:

I'll mark my stitch line with dividers, then punch the stitch holes, if I'm gonna groove them, I'll do that before punching.

[Bigfoote]

Snubbyfan, and here I thought I was the only one still using a Tandy awl. LOL.

 

[bland]

Your edge looks great especially the blade portion, the upper edge may need just a little more sanding prior to burnishing.  As far as the order of work, cutting, staining, gluing, stitching, putting it together, forming and finishing are all a bit of personal preference in my opinion. My preference is to assemble and then wet form.  

I have also used a fork as a tool.  It works pretty good for many things.  You can us it to mark your distance from the edge and to measure stitch spacing.  You can also use it to mark the second stitch line that TUGADUDE talked about.  When you are using a diamond awl to punch your holes you get the right angle about 45 degrees to the edge.  You can see a great example of what the stitches will look like with the example photos SNUBBYFAN posted.  His work also is an excellent example of edging and burnishing.  I hope to get to that level one day.  Anyway, your sheath looks good keep creating and they will look better and better.  

 

 

[TexasJack]

Nice job on the sheath, and there are some pretty accurate comments to consider.

In my mind, the most important thing about a sheath is whether or not the construction will insure that it holds the knife and stays intact.  I think you easily meet that goal.  After that comes the various levels of "fit and finish".  There's ALWAYS room to improve on that, no matter how many sheaths you make.

 

[snubbyfan]

19 hours ago, Bigfoote said:

Snubbyfan, and here I thought I was the only one still using a Tandy awl. LOL.

 

After I sharpened and stropped it, it works great. Just gotta keep the strop handy.

[Bigfoote]

Yes I did a little tweaking on my awl also, just wish they would have put a better ferrule on them, I have scratched a few molded pouches with mine.