Thread: Playing with leather

Originally Posted by 7x64

Great tips! I’ve actually got leather lace and rivets etc - my father did work at one point and have a few of his bits and pieces. I think I follow most of that except “sandwich” and then wrap around using a piece twice the size? You mean make the sheath from two pieces, but then wrap with an additional piece around that?

I do have some leather but it’s not very thick. I guess doing as described above might solve that issue? But I’ll keep an eye out for something else. Will be fun to give it a go.

Sorry mate..bit hard to describe. I have just quickly cut some pieces of card to try snd describe better what I mean..
First photo would be the three pieces you would need. 1st piece the outside layer . The second piece would be the thread/blade protection, especially if using rivets as you don't want your blade scraping against them every time you take knife in or out of sheath. Second photo is the protection piece in place... pretty self explanatory.. and you make that so the blade has a little wiggle room. Then the third photo is all the layers and the extra length on the backing is folded back on itself to create the belt loop. The loop placement will depend on how long your extra loop is. If you want it to hang lower then make it longer and judt sow/rivet/lace it all together. You could make it so when its folded back it runs the full length of the sheath and adds and extra layer and stiffness to the unit .
Is that a better explanation?

Oh and by the way you will need to glue these all into place first and let it dry , preferably in a vice with smooth wood or another piece of leather either side to prevent marking your sheath. This is where my big arse heavy pile of books came in handy as I made mine during winter evenings on the lounge floor and just chucked a pile of books on top and shoved it in front of the fire.
Not very professional I know but worked a treat.
To bloody cold in the shed... and at least the missus couldn't accuse me of spending to much time out there..ha ha