Rehandled Silky, sheath and possibles pouch

[Gailainne]

Something I had been meaning to do for a while after seeing Sheps thread on re handling his Silky, I just finished the sheath for it so thought I'd post some pics

Scales are wild Olive, the spine is mahogany I think (from my late Dads supplies) and the butt is water buffalo horn. The sheath is 2mm water buffalo with a 1mm kip liner, just at the top. Still to have a protective coat added.

Mucked up the dyeing, I'll have to dye the liner now

I like the braided look, I've done it on a couple of pieces now.

I tried to emulate the grain on the scales copied on to the sheath, didn't come out too well.

I also have been after a possibles pouch, I saw John Fennas sporran style one at the Moot, and remembered Ozhaggisheads blog about making one, so I had a go;

The bag is made from some dyed stuff I got at the recent Lanarkshire meet, just over a 1mm thick, the thicker leather is some grade 3 2.5mm stuff I got from LeProvo.

Hand sewn using artificial sinew, the beads are pewter from a company in Wales.

Again still have to give it a couple of protective coats.

Cheers

Stephen

 

[Dingus Magee]

Good work..very impressive

 

[Andy2112]

Nice work Stephen, love the silky mate.

 

[Shewie]

Nice work Stephen, you're a man of many hidden talents

 

[Steve13]

Fantastic work

 

[Barn Owl]

Very nice Stephen.

 

[Black Sheep]

Very nice indeed

What colour did you dye the leather for the pouch flap?

I've got some bit from a old leather jacket about the same colour, so I might give it a go

Cheers Richard

 

[hiho]

like the grain on the sheath

 

[warthog1981]

Looks grand well done

 

[Gailainne]

Thanks for the kind comments guys, here's a couple more after a couple of coats of waterproofing;

The dye is Fiebings mahogany.

Cheers

Stephen

 

[jdlenton]

very nice pieces of work those hope your very happy that light brown thin leather looks great

 

[Barn Owl]

Does the bag double as a sporran?

I'd rather wear that than the furry crap in the hire shop.

(Tam the lowlander forced to wear such every now and again rather than a nice piece of original).

 

[verloc]

they look well smart stephen - the silky looks superb!

Tom

 

[SOAR]

Nice work, like the silky and the pouch looks spot on.

 

[bushwacker bob]

nice job, I think the timber on the spine is too brown for mahogany which is usually redder.Is there a chance it could be walnut?

 

[Gailainne]

nice job, I think the timber on the spine is too brown for mahogany which is usually redder.Is there a chance it could be walnut?

Absolutely no idea, however I do still have the block I cut it from, I'll post a pic up and hopefully you can id it I can tell you this, it was a bitch to cut.

Stephen

 

[Sniper]

Both items are looking really good there Stephen, nice job.

 

[Aragorn]

really like the look of the poss pouch stephan, what is the actuall size of it, do you have a pattern, i've got an old swade coat that i was thinking of cutting up for pouches.

 

[Gailainne]

really like the look of the poss pouch stephan, what is the actuall size of it, do you have a pattern, i've got an old swade coat that i was thinking of cutting up for pouches.

I did say in the first post, heres the link Ozhaggishead

 

[listenclear]

Great work mate.
Very impressed indeed