Elk Hide Gun Sheath

[garypl]

8 hours ago, AzShooter said:

Great looking sheath. Whoever it's for will be very happy.

Thanks - appreciate your comments!

[garypl]

Made another case today using economy grade elk - had to trim a lot of loose skin and patch a few holes.  I think for large projects I will stick with the better grade hides from now on.  Still have to install hoeprn button and tie.  Anybody have a good source in the USA for elk or deer horn to make buttons?

[RockyAussie]

20 hours ago, garypl said:

Made another rifle case this afternoon using a piece of 3-4 oz Italian cowhide.  Took me a little less than 2 hours start to finish.

I am getting tooo old I think. 2 hours for me to do the frills maybe. How do you do them @garypl?

[garypl]

I just lay out a piece of leather and take a straight edge and rotary cutter and cut one at a time.  Takes me 15-20 minutes to cut two pieces of fringe 10” wide.  

[RockyAussie]

1 hour ago, garypl said:

I just lay out a piece of leather and take a straight edge and rotary cutter and cut one at a time.  Takes me 15-20 minutes to cut two pieces of fringe 10” wide.  

Thanks Garry, I am still getting used to the idea of using a rotary cutter on leather as yet. I have only used in on the fabric face masks as yet which was the reason I bought it. I will have to give it a go as that sounds like a good idea for that sort of cutting.

[stelmackr]

 

[stelmackr]

https://www.junetailor.com/fringe-cut

[RockyAussie]

Thanks Bob. I started pla+printing something along that line about 5 hours ago. My printer will only allow a 7" x 7" jig but I may give it a go later on my laser as well. I will pop some more pictures in the morning as it will be printing for a couple of more hours yet. I am going for 4.5mm (.177 of an inch)spacing for this one at the moment. I am going for 4mm height and solid with a 5% outward lead in for the knife and a .5mm gap at the bottom. That is for a quicker line up in the slot. More info tomorrow-

 

 

[RockyAussie]

Yep she worked and better than I thought possible. To clean up the print from any connecting strands I thought I would cut down into a bit of stiff veg and this below is what I got.I didn't think I was pushing all that hard.

A little push and WOW

A light shade or bottle cover who knows-

Back to cutting a fringe now

Bit hard to see at this stage

Still took a couple of minutes to do though first time and all

Gary if want to give me whatever spacing you would prefer I will do you up an stl file if you like or you could try this size if that works for you.

Regards Brian

 

[Bert51]

Thant makes it look easy, I avoid anything with a fringe.

I think you might find a good market for those.

Bert.