Sheath
When I started this sheath I was kind of doing it in response to YCC’s question about being able to work with one arm. I decided to turn it into a thread about one way that I put a sheath together instead. With that in mind, I didn’t take pictures of the entire process. This took about two or three times longer to make, and some of my lines weren’t as accurate as I would have liked – but I’ll save that for a thread about working injured.
I started out with a piece of leather I had picked up at the local Tandy store. I normally make pouch sheaths (use less leather and are easier IMO) but went with a more traditional type for this build.
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Here all of the pieces cut out. I just use a retractable razor blade knife to make my cuts. The tooling has been stamped (while wet) on the outer piece of leather and the stitching groove has been cut. I prefer to dye the leather I’m using before I sew it together. The strap for holding the knife in place is attached with one half of the snap.
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I use contact cement to put all of the pieces together before stitching. The belt loop is formed by folding the longer piece of leather in half.
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To mark the holes for stitching I either use a wheel or a three pronged punch. Since this sheath is fairly thick, I wanted the spacing a little wider than the wheel I had would provide, and the leather was a bit too thick for the punch – so I used the punch to lightly mark the leather and then drilled at the center of each mark. A 3/32 drill bit was used for the holes.
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After the sheath is stitched up, I used my grinder to smooth out the edges. Using the contact wheel of the grinder also burns and seals the edges.
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Attached the other half of the snap.
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I use a product called Edge Kote to finish the edges and then finis the sheath with an acrylic sealer.
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….and the finished product.
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