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    Tribal Elder AdrianRose's Avatar
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    My first ever knife sheath.

    Well after having received a "starter" set of leather working goodies for Crimbo off the good lady, I decided to have a go at making a knife sheath.

    This is by no means a tutorial as I am no leather expert at all.

    First I made a paper template...



    Then transfer onto the leather, in this case 3mm veg tanned leather...



    Not forgetting the welt and packer pieces tapered down due to the thickness of the handle...


    Then three coats of Oil based dye (far better than spirit based dye)...


    Stitch groove and sew down the belt loop...


    Glue in the welt...

    Stitch groove...


    Sew up...


    Finally edge bevelling, dye the welt, dye the stitch line and an hour of edge slicking...











    All finished. I have to say a massive thanks to our own BikerBri for his invaluable advice and support.

    Also to a YouTube channel by a guy calling himself Satans Barber (real name Ian Atkinson).

    My stitching is a bit rough and ready, especially on the back but I'm sure the more practice I get, the better it will be.

    All the best

    Ade.

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    Samuel Hearne
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    Well Done looking very good.

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    Looks good. Nice piece of work

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    Nice work.. Bet your chuffed with that :0)

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    nice job
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    Looks grand .
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    That is very nice I am inspired to make one myself.

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    Crikey. First go? Well impressed.

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    Alone in the Wilderness
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    Much nicer than my first...or second...or third for that matter . Great job

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    Real nice job

    Cheers
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