Amy - Like your sheath and knife - Could you comment on dye and did this spend some time in an oven?My first try at a basket weave. Lemme know what you think. View attachment 719237View attachment 719238 View attachment 719241 View attachment 719242 View attachment 719239
Amy - Like your sheath and knife - Could you comment on dye and did this spend some time in an oven?
Amy, One additional thought. Are you stitching by hand ? If so, once you make your holes, dye the backside of your holes with a small paintbrush, hole by hole. Then you stitch the sheath. It makes for a cleaner look. See your second photo. You can see the un-dyed leather sticking out of you stitch line.
I think that's the best sheath I've seen from you. They are getting better and better all the time!
Thanks Todd! It means a lot to me to hear that. I'm really trying and it's encouraging to know it's beginning to show.
Amy you're getting some good tips here. Keep playing with that basketstamp. I dislike dyeing leather and your pics illustrate one of the main reasons. If ya look at the back of your sheath between your makers mark and the belt loop ya .see those hairline cracks? Just don't see that much when ya use warm oil. No absolutes but there they be. I agree with Todd, better and better and better.
Cobra 3.Amy, What machine are you stitching with ?
From what I've heard, the Cobra is an excellent machine. You can stitch just about anything you can dream of out of leather.