I'm confused about the purpose of some of these products

[Chris623]

I put on the Resist and after it dried I Antiqued with Dark Fiebing's.  Did two coats of the Antique.  Topped that with two coats of Tan Kote.  It's considerably darker than I'd hoped or intended, but I have to admit I like it.  I bought some Brown Edge Coat.  The color just doesn't look right on it.  Wish I'd bought Black.  I think it would have looked better with the Black handle of the Buck knife.  Will have to get some and re-do that step. 

Ran into a problem.  Have to drill my holes.  Since I used the stitching irons prior to my stamping.............and the stamping caused the top piece to stretch, my irons won't match the hole spacing now...............so can't punch the other layers.  Will have to drill the holes for the stitching.  Whew!  Learning a lot on this first one, for sure.

[battlemunky]

POIDH!

[Chris623]

Ha-ha.................had to look that one up.  I'm not that savvy!

It's not finished yet.  When the stitching is done, I'll post pics.

[YinTx]

Yes, Tan Kote is like a light resist, Resolene and Pro Resist is a stronger resist for antique.  Also, I tend to wait overnight for the resist to really cure, because the antique can act as a solvent and remove the resist if it isn't fully cured. The 4 hours between your two posts would hardly be enough time around here for it to cure. With Tan Kote, I'd even use two coats depending on the look I wanted.  I don't like edge kote, even after a few months, I found a wet towel will lift it right off the edge of the leather. Also don't like the results with it.  I've had much better luck with just using dye on the edge and burnishing it.

Look forward to seeing your results!

YinTx

[battlemunky]

2 hours ago, Chris623 said:

Ha-ha.................had to look that one up.  I'm not that savvy!

It's not finished yet.  When the stitching is done, I'll post pics.

[Chris623]

Well,  YinTx, you may not enjoy what you see.  Turns out with all the stretching of the front of the sheath, the back didn't line up quite right and my stitch holes didn't go down the center of the "lane" they were meant to.   Disappointingly,  some are right on the edge of the stamp work.    Newbie errors.  It's good no-one is going to ask me to take the sheath off my belt and show them the back.   Oh well, as I keep saying.  This is my first and I'm learning as I go.  They will get better.  But these stacked sheaths are a whole lot more complicated than I realized.  Most of the sheaths I'll be making will be for my own knives and will be of the folded, "Taco" style. 

[battlemunky]

An awl is slower until you get handy with it but its the only way I know of doing the thick stuff and keeping it neat. I can't wait to see your effort!

Go Chris go!

[Chris623]

That's hilarious!  I couldn't even push the awl completely through after drilling a 1/6" hole through the sheath.  I'm doing something wrong, for sure.

I'm beginning to think an "effort" is all I've made.   Pretty disappointed in my results at this point.

[battlemunky]

I still can't wait to see it. All the learnin'! As far as the awl goes, you probably just need to sharpen it, which is a whole other can of worms.

[Chris623]

It's not sharp yet, but spent some time on the awl today.  Amazing how much easier it penetrates.  I'll get it sharpened all the way tomorrow.  If I live long enough I might learn a bunch about this journey.