First attempt at a sheath

[bodam]

Here is my first attempt at a sheath. I went and bought most of the tools, and s bunch of shoulder leather. After a little practice on some scraps, I decided to go for it.

I know it's not perfect, but it's a sheath! I would never have thought I'd be making knives and doing leatherwork.




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[bodam]

And the 2nd one:




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[Ebbtide]

They look way better than my first twol

 

[Self Made Knives]

Looking good! How'd you do the belt loops? I'm about to start my first leather sheath, any surprises or did it go pretty much as expected?

 

[bodam]

Surprises?!?

I have a boneyard of sheaths that I ruined.

These were the first two that made it to the end.


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[bodam]

I cut a one inch strap and stitched it on the back side. I tried to make the belt loop integrated into the pattern, but it got wonky when I folded it.

So I designed this style, with full stitch, to avoid the fold.

I like this style, you don't see it often. Kind of different.


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[bodam]

This was an attempt that failed. The integrated belt loop gets distorted and it was driving me crazy.

So I decided to design a full stitch version.


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[firecog]

Nice work.
Another advantage to stitching the belt loop on the back is that it lies faltter and tighter to the belt/body.