Thread: Playing with leather

@hunter AI.7mm08 I don't go anywhere without them. Endlessly useful, I work in the bush. Having to cut my way around most places I go.
Joel

Originally Posted by joelhenton

@hunter AI.7mm08 I don't go anywhere without them. Endlessly useful, I work in the bush. Having to cut my way around most places I go.
Joel

Ahh....I see.Must admit I just find it easier to stay away from thick stuff

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Originally Posted by hunter Al.7mm08

Looks good @joelhenton .just wondering why you carry the secatears?

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I carry a pair in the Ruahine's. Slightly deeper pouch. You can quietly snip your way through supplejack when you can't see an easy way through.

Slowly getting into this as well.

Still need to do some work on burnishing the edges. And maybe have another go at the snap...





Tx to @Ftx325 for answering a whole bunch of questions

Once Ive got the basics down, I'll have a go at making lefty knife scabbards.

Originally Posted by ebf

Slowly getting into this as well.

Still need to do some work on burnishing the edges. And maybe have another go at the snap...

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Tx to @Ftx325 for answering a whole bunch of questions

Once Ive got the basics down, I'll have a go at making lefty knife scabbards.

That's looking real good @ebf for a first attempt .
And making a pouch for your leather tools is just next level ...

Well on your way to making an impressive sheath .
I am about to have a crack at a double , or maybe triple, sheath for my hunting knives out of the buffalo leather @hunter Al.7mm08 was kind enough to send me .
Be interesting to see how it goes with wet forming compared to the russet leather .
Only one way to find out.....
And if it all works okay might have a crack at using it to make a new leather seat for my Honda Davidson along with some small saddle bags .
Might be getting a bit out of my league there but can't hurt to try....

Anyone keen on making me a sheath for my Svord trout and bird knife?the one it came with is pretty average.

Mate, love that. Picked up some solid leather and just waiting on fixings now

make sure you post some pics @Rocco ....
great to see so many people getting the creative juices flowing and giving it a go .

Looks good mate,very streamlined Did you use the small sheath as the welt on the larger one?.
Work out how much of the thinner leather you need,I'll have a look in my stash.

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Originally Posted by hunter Al.7mm08

Looks good mate,very streamlined Did you use the small sheath as the welt on the larger one?.
Work out how much of the thinner leather you need,I'll have a look in my stash.

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I was going to combine the 2 as one but decided to carry on the modular theme so made two separate sheaths that bolt together so can be broken down and used separately if so desired .
Still ended up nice and slim as can be seen in the front on pic .





There's veg tan leather being sold on the yellow site at the moment , and has 2mm listed , so trying to scrape some cash together to get some of that and use it for making my saddle bag and recover the seat on my bike hopefully . If that works out should have scraps I can use for sharpener pouch .
I would like to water mold it for a nice fit .

Originally Posted by Ftx325

I was going to combine the 2 as one but decided to carry on the modular theme so made two separate sheaths that bolt together so can be broken down and used separately if so desired .
Still ended up nice and slim as can be seen in the front on pic .

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There's veg tan leather being sold on the yellow site at the moment , and has 2mm listed , so trying to scrape some cash together to get some of that and use it for making my saddle bag and recover the seat on my bike hopefully . If that works out should have scraps I can use for sharpener pouch .
I would like to water mold it for a nice fit .

Looks mint man. The modular twin sheath is a great idea

Ahh...I see.very clever.Where did you get the extra long Chicago screws from?.The longest I can find are 15mm

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Originally Posted by hunter Al.7mm08

Ahh...I see.very clever.Where did you get the extra long Chicago screws from?.The longest I can find are 15mm

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On my other earlier sheaths I just used the shorter Chicago screw 'nut'/sleeve part and longer brass screws which I just trimmed to required length . They are just a standard 4mm thread .
Those Chicago screws I used here I found on tm as a kit with around 8 or 10 different length sleeves , ten of each plus the screws . 180 piece kit I think it was . They were advertising silver as well but I have a thing for brass as you may have noticed ...
And the nut/sleeve heads happily matched the rivets on the knife handles .

found the one I got ... here's the link to the TM auction @hunter Al.7mm08

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketpl...9?bof=d0vDNGyP

@Ftx325, I have a bunch of thinner leather, let me know what size 2mm piece you want and I can dig around in the bag.

Thanks for the offer @ebf but there is no hurry and I hope to buy some 2mm off of the trade me guy at some stage for my other projects and they pouch addition thing can wait until then .
I have always got a pouch on my belt or my bumbag for odds and sods anyway which the sharpener lives in at the moment .

And as an aside the new sheath Is currently carrying a belt loop to fit my 50mm hunting belt which I use on 'camping ' hunts , just throw it in my pack with the belt and pouch .
On day hunts I use a bumbag (huntech) which needs a loop to fit around a 100mm strap as there is a pouch on the bumbag right where my knife sits which I don't use and have the knife there instead . The beauty of this sheath setup , I can just swap the belt loop out for the bumbag loop in a matter of minutes and it's a perfect fit regardless of what I am hanging it on .