Sheath for a Bose/Case Yukon Jack

Gary W. Graley

Gary W. Graley

“Imagination is more important than knowledge"
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The cobbler made time to make some shoes for himself ;)

Here is a sheath just finished up for this lovely knife, a Bose/Case
collaboration called the Yukon, a mighty folder with almost a 4" blade
but it handles very nicely, walk and talk on this slip joint is great.

Yukonsheath by GaryWGraley, on Flickr

IMG_1319 by GaryWGraley, on Flickr

Nice knife and it rides well, the knife snaps into the sheath very securely due to the handle and blade contours.

G2
 
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The sheer elegance of your work continues to astound me! :eek: The fit, the stitch work, the edging, as well as many other details too numerous too mention that make your sheath work stand out way above other sheaths I see, make them absolutely superb!
That's about all the big words I can use to describe your work in one day Gary, but I think it covers it! :thumbup: :thumbup: WAY to :cool:
 
Thanks Dixie and TF, the thread is listed as size 554, polyster tacky wax
it fits those awl-n-awl things, I bought the thread from Weaver Leather
a while ago.
G2

edited to add this image of the thread used

IMG_0504 by GaryWGraley, on Flickr
 
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Man I love clicking on threads you start. :D

At first I think I like your leather work the best.
Next, it switches to your photography skills as my favorite in these threads.
Then your writing style and humility.

...and it starts all over again! :p

Regardless, tremendous work and glad you made one up for yourself.
 
Beautiful work as always.
What do you use to form the leather. When I've tried with various implements like the Plastic "bone" folder, some burnished wood, rod etc. it seems to damage the leather by crushing the pores. It just never looks anywhere near as nice as yours. :)
 
Thanks all and as to the forming, what I do use is a plastic bone folder tool
but not on top surfaces, for those areas I press down with my fingers only
you can see that the ridges along the edge of the knife are more burnished
from that tool

See this thread for some more detail on how I use the bone folder for forming the leather.

G2
 
Beauty, as you have taught us to expect from you.....does the belt loop go down and stitch at the btm. line?

Have you ever/never??? done the two handed stitching job-a-do? With awl, etc. no beer drinking allowed....??
 
Thanks Ray and Keith and you're welcome SBranson

As to Ray's question on the duo needle sewing, nope,
never ever gave them a try out, I think many moons ago
I had a set of needles but it just didn't seem the right way
for me, I know now that a LOT of folks that is the only way
to sew, but I'm pretty satisfied with how my sewing method works.

And yes the belt loop is folded down tight along the back, all the way
to the end of the sheath, being stitched along that edge as well.

This provides a couple of things
1. A means of comfort when you go to sit down, you can easily raise the sheath up and
out of the way, especially with a long folder like this, that's important

2. It also means you don't have stitching inside the sheath that the knife could come in
contact with and possibly rub them the wrong way. For those times that a customer needs
a higher placed fixed belt loop, I use the edge cutter to dig a trench that will allow the
stitching to be just below the surface of the inside leather.

G2
 
Gary W. Graley said:
Thanks Ray and Keith and you're welcome SBranson

As to Ray's question on the duo needle sewing, nope,
never ever gave them a try out, I think many moons ago
I had a set of needles but it just didn't seem the right way
for me, I know now that a LOT of folks that is the only way
to sew, but I'm pretty satisfied with how my sewing method works.

And yes the belt loop is folded down tight along the back, all the way
to the end of the sheath, being stitched along that edge as well.

This provides a couple of things
1. A means of comfort when you go to sit down, you can easily raise the sheath up and
out of the way, especially with a long folder like this, that's important

2. It also means you don't have stitching inside the sheath that the knife could come in
contact with and possibly rub them the wrong way. For those times that a customer needs
a higher placed fixed belt loop, I use the edge cutter to dig a trench that will allow the
stitching to be just below the surface of the inside leather.

G2
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Hi and you can email me to discuss a sheath

Thanks
G2
 
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Thanks guys, appreciate it, my mind set is to try and keep things as trim as I can, so I came up with the wrap around style a long time ago. Not all knives will work or have the best retention, so it all depends on the knife.

A lot of really great leather benders in our community too, Dave aka @Horsewright has some very nice sheaths that will fit a wide variety of folders and his work is top notch!
G2
 
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