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Hello from Georgia - Introduction

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My name is Winn and I have been making knives and sheaths for about 6 years as a hobby and my own personal form of therapy/release, but have just recently begun really monitoring the forums.  I got started by taking the Gil Hibben knife making class and then watching the Chris Crawford DVD's, especially those with Paul Long.  I hope to post more here and learn more as I go along.

This is a sheath I made over the weekend for a friend's Brothers of Bushcraft knife.  Most of my piddling will have Paul's influence (meant as a compliment).

I look forward to being part of the community.

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That is a very nice sheath. Way to go.

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Nice work. welcome to the forum.

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Welcome Winn!  Nice job on the sheath.  Please let us know construction details, I.e., type and weight of the leather, thread size, finish used, etc.

Gary

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Good lookin' sheath! Welcome to the forum!

 

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@garypl it’s 6/7 W&C Brown skirting, with pigskin lining for no reason other than I had it available and it gave a nice contrast. 

Barry King tools. Stitched on a Cobra Class 4 with 207 natural thread.

One light coat of beats foot, tan-kote and finally some 50/50 neat laq for the finish. 

The guard was too short for a strap that came down onto the face, so I did a wrap-around stitched to the belt loop. Didn’t have any snaps so I used this post. 

Friend is a regular outdoorsman and said it will see plenty of hard use. Looking forward to getting feedback from him. 

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Looks well made and should give your friend many years of service!

Gary

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