Thread: Well This Turned to Custard

Hi all. Today I tried my hand at making a pouch for my Opinel No12. After constructing the pouch which came out well I decided to harden it with 50/50 beeswax and paraffin wax. I rubbed it in on another sheath last week with good results but this time I thought I'd be clever a dip the pouch into hot melted wax, and as the title says, it turned to custard. So much wax stuck to the pouch I had to put it in the oven in a attempt to get the excess wax to dip off and wipe off what I could, didn't get as much off as I was hoping, pouch dried but still feels a little sticky and looks like shit, might have to try again and build another and apply wax by hand but run out of rivets.