Members DaveP Posted April 26, 2020 Members Report Posted April 26, 2020 Made this today. What do you think? Quote
Members Scootch Posted April 28, 2020 Members Report Posted April 28, 2020 Nice scabbard. The stitching looks nice and I like the accent border line. Scootch Quote
Members DaveP Posted April 28, 2020 Author Members Report Posted April 28, 2020 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. Quote
Members blue62 Posted April 28, 2020 Members Report Posted April 28, 2020 Did you welt the seam to protect the stitching as the knife slides in and out? Quote
Members DaveP Posted April 28, 2020 Author Members Report Posted April 28, 2020 (edited) I did put a welt in it. If you look really close and blow up the size. You can barely see it. Edited April 28, 2020 by DaveP Quote
Members blue62 Posted April 28, 2020 Members Report Posted April 28, 2020 Looks good, also if you run a overstitch wheel over the stitching it will even out and help set the stitches. Quote
Members 1961Mike Posted April 28, 2020 Members Report Posted April 28, 2020 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 Quote
bikermutt07 Posted April 28, 2020 Report Posted April 28, 2020 You broke the cardinal rule. Always have at least one picture showing the knife. Looks great. Quote 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.
Members Scootch Posted April 29, 2020 Members Report Posted April 29, 2020 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 Quote
Members DaveP Posted April 29, 2020 Author Members Report Posted April 29, 2020 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. Quote
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