I just got into leather craft recently and made this sheath for my Alaskan ulu. I'd made a few sheaths for my tomahawks and this was my first try at the ulu. I saw someone's video with a similar sheath style, so I based mine off that. Though if I was just winging it I probably would've made it very similar to this, as there aren't really a lot of ways you can make that awkward curved blade slide in and out of a sheath and be held in place securely.
I've been experimenting with tooling and I'm getting better. Looks good from arms length, but obviously close up you can see flaws. Just a single snap closure and it's stitched with two cap rivets on the corners. Used mink oil and Tankote which gives the dark brown dye a lighter, more distressed look. No belt loop or clasps or anything, and the back side was left untooled.
For those of you who don't know much about the ulu knife it is actually a really cool and useful cutting tool. It's been used by the Inuit people for centuries for food prep among other things. Today it is often found in kitchens as it makes a great slicer and dicer of vegetables and just about anything else. It works as a skiving tool as well, and I actually used it to make it's own sheath when I skived the tapered portion of the welt. I've also skinned a javelina with it and used it to flesh animals prior to fur tanning. The ulu itself is cheap, $20 on Amazon, but it's just an awesome and unique knife that everyone should have imo.
Any comments or feedback, good or bad, are welcome. Like I said I just started leather craft so I know there is a lot of room for improvement in my work. :thumbup:
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