My first venture into leatherwork - Scandinavian Sheath

[mrcairney]

I've had a Enzo trapper for nearly a year, sat upstairs without anywhere to live, so I decided I better crack on an sort it out. Ever the Scandinaviphile, I went trad.

4mm full veg tanned shoulder, with buffalo horn fixture.

All in all I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. She clicks, which is a sweetspot but I think I need to work on my dying a bit. I'm made up with the button, the horn of which was kindly donated by mountainm.

I'll keep at it and hopefully I'll improve. The dye doesn't really look like I want it (too dark and not enough difference between. The mouth of the sheath is supposed to be saddle tan, the body light brown) and I didn't have a skiver so I had to use a razor blade to trim inside. Don't recommend that when you've been drinking coffee. More practice needed!

Hope you like it.

 

[mountainm]

That looks great! Really neat job - glad the horn worked out for you.

 

[mrcairney]

Thanks! Couldn't have done it without you! (and a dremel)

 

[Eric_Methven]

Noooo! Leave the dye, it's fine. That subtle blend from dark to light makes it look OLD. It has character.

 

[Kepis]

superb, like that a lot

 

[mrcairney]

Thanks Eric and Kepis. I think the dye came out that way because if I'm honest, I wet formed it to death. Wouldn't leave the thing alone! So it probably picked up a fair bit of oil etc.

 

[Steve13]

That si very nice well done

 

[Attacktor]

That's beautiful, and I think the slightly uneven dye gives a lot of character. Do you not find that the protruding finger-guard just back of the cutting edge scrapes the inside of the sheath as you insert and withdraw the knife, leading to damage to the leather over time?

 

[Macaroon]

Don't know how I missed this one; that's the coolest sheath I've seen in a good long while.............I'd be very pleased indeed to have come up with one such as that, and absolutely nothing at all wrong with that dye job.

Top notch work, that'll age beautifully.

 

[Clouston98]

Stunning job! Well done!

 

[OurAmericanCousin]

A bit late, to be sure, but I'd also like to add my accolades for this work.

It takes a lot of work to make leather come out like that on purpose, to have it happen without planning is a gift.

Well done.

 

[Emdiesse]

That looks great, I love the butted edges they look ace.

 

[Disco1]

Looks good