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Made this today. What do you think?

 

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Nice scabbard.  The stitching looks nice and I like the accent border line. 

Scootch

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15 hours ago, Scootch said:

Nice scabbard.  The stitching looks nice and I like the accent border line. 

Scootch

Thank you Scootch!

I'm in the process of making another one of these. I made 4 knives almost all the same size except the handles. What does everyone use on the inside of the sheath? I watched a bunch of YT videos. Seems Resolene or Tan Kote. Which would be better? I don't have either. I have dye now as it arrived yesterday. Fiebings Pro dye Chocolate and Saddle tan. 

 

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Did you welt the seam to protect the stitching as the knife slides in and out?

 

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I did put a welt in it. If you look really close and blow up the size. You can barely see it.

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Looks good, also if you run a overstitch wheel over the stitching it will even out and help set the stitches.

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Hi

I like both Resolene and Tan Kote, I did some experimenting with those and Bag Kote.  I don't know about the durability of any of the three, but the Bag Kote looks a little better and isn't shiny like Tan Kote.  Resolene is good, but I put on 3-4 light coats before I decided I was done.

Later

 

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You broke the cardinal rule. Always have at least one picture showing the knife. Looks great.

I'm not paying 80 bucks for a belt!!! It's a strip of leather. How hard could it be? 4 years and 3 grand later.... I have a belt I can finally live with.

Stitching is like gravy, it's only great if you make it every day.

From Texas but in Bossier City, Louisiana.

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I'm pretty new at this with only making a handful of items.  Thus far I've only used Tan Kote but I'm planning to try Resolene.  Like you the only instruction I've had is youtube with the exception of a few folks on the forum giving me some pointers. At some point I want to build a small book library.  You could give the leather a two second dunk in water and form around the handle a bit if you wanted and I think all veggie tan needs some sort of oil nourishment before applying your protective coating.

Scootch

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13 hours ago, bikermutt07 said:

You broke the cardinal rule. Always have at least one picture showing the knife. Looks great.

Here's the knives I've made for this sheath. Only have picture of three, but made four so far.

 

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