Post by Ron Kulas on Jan 28, 2014 19:46:17 GMT -6
I Just finished a knife sheath tonight. Its for a knife owned by my Brother in law. I did not make this knife. Its got a large grip and a folded sheath just didn’t seem like it was going to work for this knife so Im making a wet formed sheath.
I soaked some 4 Oz tooling leather in water and let it rest for a half hour and then began the process of kneading and pressing the leather to the contours of the knife. While I had the leather wetted I hit it with a few stamps to decorate it a bit. Then the leather is set aside to dry for a day.
Once dry the leather will hold that shape.
The back of the sheath is folded over to create a belt loop and then hand stitched to the front of the sheath with two needles.
Then the excess leather is trimmed away and the edges polished.
Before I waterproof the leather with mink oil I stained it with black as well as red/brown stain.
His knife has a new home.
I soaked some 4 Oz tooling leather in water and let it rest for a half hour and then began the process of kneading and pressing the leather to the contours of the knife. While I had the leather wetted I hit it with a few stamps to decorate it a bit. Then the leather is set aside to dry for a day.
Once dry the leather will hold that shape.
The back of the sheath is folded over to create a belt loop and then hand stitched to the front of the sheath with two needles.
Then the excess leather is trimmed away and the edges polished.
Before I waterproof the leather with mink oil I stained it with black as well as red/brown stain.
His knife has a new home.