Knife Sheath (Left Handed)

[verus22]

The first project in about a year and a half.  Feels good to get back into leatherwork!  A friend at work asked me to make him a new sheath for his knife (old sheath is in one of the pics.) It was a bit of a challenge keeping all the metal away from the knife blade.  A bit of skiving, a bit of splitting...made it work. Leather was half-shoulder on sale @ Tandy, thread is 0.8 Tiger Thread, Colonial Tan, saddle stitched.  Dye is Fiebings Saddle Tan (including edges). All work done by hand.  Next project...build me a new wallet.

 

 

Edited September 10, 2017 by verus22

[plinkercases]

Nice welcome back project. With those belt clips I started attaching then to the back piece of leather between it and another patch just to hold the clip... not sure if I have a picture but it ensure no metal on the inside of the sheath or holster.

What kind of knife is that beaty?

 

[verus22]

I was thinking the same thing with the clip. The other metal problem I had was with the snap.  I skived a channel on the inside back to hold the clip & rivet and then split a thin piece to cover the all the metal parts on the inside.  I'm not a fan of working with those clips, but he didn't want a belt loop. I was just trying to keep the thickness down to a minimum (although it's a good 1/4 in. thick).  The knife is an "Elk Ridge". 

[alpha2]

Huge improvement on the POS sheath that came with it! I love what you did with the strap.

Two of my favorites, too, Saddle Tan and Colonial Tan.

[verus22]

Thanks! I wasn't too impressed by the stitching on the original.  Makes me want to send them a pricking iron.  On the colors, I was trying to match the overall color 'profile' of the knife handle and the braided piece (customer's handiwork).

[alpha2]

Ha! I hadn't noticed the stitch spacing! NICE! How do you even DO that?

[verus22]

Took it outside for some better lighting.  There's still a couple of things I'd do over, but all-in-all I'm kind of satisfied.  (If Tandy was open today, I'd run down and get another clip and make a new sheath...maybe tomorrow?)

[battlemunky]

That compliments the knife very well, I think you succeeded in trying to match it all up. I can't believe that original sheath....they sold that too.

[verus22]

I think it's a secret message in morse code.

[plinkercases]

Oh my.

I was just looking at the good work and missed the gong show... sewing machine with toothless dogs? Or the child forced to make it was so shot the could really reach the machine?