New Sheath project

[Gliden07]

Decided to try something a bit different. Did an insert of Diamond Back Rattlesnake in the front panel. Trying to decide if I want to make it a dangeler or the usual belt loop.

 

[Randy Lucius]

That’s looking really good!!

 

[Sean Jones]

That's nice!

 

[KenH]

That's NICE - I've been wanting to try something like that. I've got some rawhide for the inset, but that rattlesnake really does look GREAT. Keep posting as your finish the sheath - as in a WIP? Please?

 

[Dennis Morland]

I like it!!!

 

[Doug Lester]

Just a suggestion, for what it's worth. You might try stitching around the windows with a fine stitch. I think that it would set it off.

Doug

 

[Chris Railey]

That is funny. I just “acquired” two Rattlesnake skins for just such a purpose.

 

[Gliden07]

Just a suggestion, for what it's worth. You might try stitching around the windows with a fine stitch. I think that it would set it off.

Doug

Yes I agree but the center rib is too thin to get stitching in. In the future I would make that wider. I made it thin to showoff the Snake skin but in retrospect it should have been at least twice as wide!

 

[Rick Otts]

Very nice!

 

[Gliden07]

All the pieces cut out. Some dying and sewing to do before it gets all put together. Im liking it so far though! Some minor tooling around windows might look good?

 

[Gliden07]

All the parts glued up. Next sanding, sewing, dying and burnishing edge! Getting there.

 

[Gliden07]

Finally done! Ran into a problem with Sam Brown fastener. One of the leather layers started to split. I ended up cutting the delamination with an Xacto #11 blade till it ended then filled the void with Super Glue and clamped for 24 hours. It seems to have worked!

 

[Dennis Morland]

Very nice!