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- Mar 20, 2019
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I've run into a problem, I don't know how to do this . As any tradesman, I've just riveted leather things together. Rivets use to be a hardware store item. There, you know my level of expertise . I have rehabbing some old axes, one was a double bit, you just can't go to the hardware store to buy a sheath for a double bit so I went to saddle maker/repair and bought some leather. He showed me his one piece pattern and sold me some heavy split grain. His pattern had two folds and a flap that snap closed. It was easy enough to do, with mink oil and heat gun, I was extremely pleased. Now for the second double bit axe I went to him again with my $40 figuring to get enough for a broad axe as well. This time he sold me heavy full grain leather,.150 " 9 or 10 oz ?? I had been to Tandy Leather and know what a great deal he gave me. But this stuff doesn't fold, I barely folded the split grain. His pattern wasn't going to work. So instead I thought to make a sheath like an envelop, drop it in, and close it with straps.
Here is the problem , with this heavy leather I'll have to shape the bottom like my axe eye. I need a shaped filler strip to go between the two pieces . Can I glue leather together, then grind/sand it to shape? What type of glue, I have PVA(carpenters glue), poly urethane(Gorilla glue) and epoxy. Or should I use wood ? THX
Here is the problem , with this heavy leather I'll have to shape the bottom like my axe eye. I need a shaped filler strip to go between the two pieces . Can I glue leather together, then grind/sand it to shape? What type of glue, I have PVA(carpenters glue), poly urethane(Gorilla glue) and epoxy. Or should I use wood ? THX