Thanks Jon, I hope it does spark an interest in leather work.
Making two sheaths for a set of Buck 110's the fellow ask if I could shoot some
shots as I progress through it, that of course takes more time but sharing
it here may help answer some questions. Some shots will be similar to the
earlier posts, but I'll keep them all together here for continuity.
Starting with a block of leather kind of in the shape of a cleaver
I use the square to trim straight the one side, using a VERY nice
knife made by the one and only, Mr Tony Bose, thanks again Tony!
I then set the knife on it's spine so I can measure how thick the handle is
this will be how wide I make the front curved section so it's more flowing
around the spine to the side of the knife, I mark the leather with a small cut;
Then I start at the point where I cut down straight and free hand the curve
with that cut point as a reference where to slope down a little bit;
Then I use an groove tool to put in a border along that top edge, going over it
a couple of times to get it deeper
Then using a #1 Edger, I edge/champer the sharp edges along the sheath
both there and the belt loop side as well, also doing the inside parts too
I wrap the knife with plastic wrap, to help keep the wet leather from transfering any moisture to the knife.
Here I've folded the leather around the knife and with a bone folder, start forming
along the spine of the knife
I make an indentation at the end of the knife, this can be tricky so take care
where you cut, you don't want to be too high or too low
then, again using that wonderful pointy blade, slice a line into the sheath
Then opening the sheath up so you can cut out that area, this is necessary as
you are folding the leather around the knife at this point, if you didn't you would
end up with a very larger pucker of leather sticking out
continued in the next post, 10 image limit rule
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