Well... I watched a lot of the videos, read the instructions and pig-dogged my way through a ..... sheath? I had this cool little scandi karda with no sheath. I wanted to make something I could drop in my pocket so I could actually take it out to the woods with me. I didn't put a belt loop on it. I rarely ever put a sheath on my belt. I don't like wearing one around unless it is horizontal on my back. Don't worry about me having a fixed blade in the pocket... It's not like I live in California... Oh, wait a minute...
Anyways, I made a bunch of mistakes that I could have been avoided had I read and watched more carefully. Now that I have a little experience, I am excited to go back through the material and all the little tips will have a reference point.
Mistakes -
#1 - I didn't allow for extra space. I actually had to cut out the leather twice as the first was too small. Even then I didn't think I was actually going to be able to fit a knife in it. It turns out I could, but not by much.
#2 - I didn't start with enough thread and ran out 3/4 of the way through stitching. I had to improvise....
#3 - While trimming the welt and the side it was glued to, I didn't have the razor blade totally perpendicular which meant the welt was not on an even plane with the outer edge. I had to sand like crazy to get the edge mostly straight.
#4 - I was too aggressive on trimming the inside of the welt angle at the top to allow the knife to slide in easier. It made the top of the welt side taper on the outer edge.
#5 - The stitching line is goofy, because the outer edge is goofy.
#6 - edges need more work, especially along the top
I am sure there were more. It was a lot of fun though and hopefully there will be some improvements next time. I have redone the wet forming since the pictures because I don't think I got the sheath wet enough.
Thanks Tal for putting this together. The videos were great and it was really helpful to have the links to the tools. That save a lot of time. It is evident you put a lot into this thread so thank you!