bladegrinder
Well-Known Member
So I finished up a few knives and finally got to make sheathes for them on my new Cowboy 4500 sewing machine. these are my first {real} sheathes off that machine, I got to say I love this machine but man...it takes some practice running this thing. I'm getting better with it now that I've got a pile of thread cuttings and stitched up scrap under it!
and I'm really liking making pancake holsters, something I always put off because I didn't want to do all that hand stitching.
first up is a small skinner with a gut hook, AEBL blade with Bacote scales, red liners, nickel bins and lanyard hole.
Next is the same model knife, AEBL blade, 416 bolsters, bone scales with red liners, nickel silver pins and lanyard hole.
Next is a hunter-skinner with CPM-154 blade, Thuya burl scales with red liners, nickel silver pins and lanyard hole.
And last, a camp-belt knife with Alabama Damascus, African Blackwood bolsters, Desert Ironwood scales with black liners, nickel silver pins and lanyard hole.
Some of the leather looks different, I ran out of my Herman Oak good stuff and had to fall back on a import shoulder piece I had stashed away.
none of these sheaths had any dye or stain put on them. they were treated with a couple coats of neatsfoot oil and set out in the sun for a suntan.
here is a picture to show how dramatic just oil and sun can be.
and I'm really liking making pancake holsters, something I always put off because I didn't want to do all that hand stitching.
first up is a small skinner with a gut hook, AEBL blade with Bacote scales, red liners, nickel bins and lanyard hole.
Next is the same model knife, AEBL blade, 416 bolsters, bone scales with red liners, nickel silver pins and lanyard hole.
Next is a hunter-skinner with CPM-154 blade, Thuya burl scales with red liners, nickel silver pins and lanyard hole.
And last, a camp-belt knife with Alabama Damascus, African Blackwood bolsters, Desert Ironwood scales with black liners, nickel silver pins and lanyard hole.
Some of the leather looks different, I ran out of my Herman Oak good stuff and had to fall back on a import shoulder piece I had stashed away.
none of these sheaths had any dye or stain put on them. they were treated with a couple coats of neatsfoot oil and set out in the sun for a suntan.
here is a picture to show how dramatic just oil and sun can be.
