Kydex & Leather for Swamprat Ratmandu

[Martin Swinkels]

Same concept as the 'Coot sheath..

Thanks for looking!!

martin

 

[MSCantrell]

Very crisp- what weight/thickness leather?

 

[Martin Swinkels]

The leather is half-tanned, 3mm ( 0.12") thick.

I got the dye from my leathersupplier(http://www.nordellknives.com/indexx.shtml)

After that I waxed the sheath with sno-seal, which is mainly beeswax. I put the sheath in the oven at around 90 C ( 176 F) and see the wax getting soaked up. I repeat that till the leather is saturated.

Great thing about sno-seal is that the leather keeps it's shape and doesn't get sloppy.
Because it has a liner the leather is waxed on the inside too. It's very weatherproof after this treatment, and it doesn't get soaking wet anymore, and dries up quickly.

 

[leatherman]

Half Tanned leather is something I've been wanting to work with for a very long time, guess I'll need to break down and get a piece sometime.

I learned about it in my Scandi period, half tanned works great for crafting those back stitched sheaths.