Thread: Playing with leather

Originally Posted by 7x64

Where do you (or anyone else for that matter!) get your leather? I’ve got a couple of knives I’m keen to have a go at making sheaths for.

I got pretty much everything from an outfit called lapco. The only problem as mentioned was the size of the leather pieces - they are damn near half cow size and not cheap. Russet is the best type to use as can be easily worked and molded. Then of course you need some special tools like edgeinh tools etc , thread , dye , glue and do on . As mentioned I managed to find everyday items to substitute for alot of the tools required to do the job . Fot example instead of buying a stitching wheel to mark the stitching holes for drilling I used a fork and so on . Rather than buy a grooving tool to cut a groove for the stitching to lay in I wet the leather and pressed a groove with a flat bladed screwdriver instead which I believe is better anyway as you don't compromise the surface of the leather. I invented a few other wee tricks as workarounds as well.