Making a leather pouch for a SAK

[JohnC]

My son got his first SAK and I'd promised I'd try a knife pouch for it. Following a thread on the forum on moulding leather I had a go.
3/4" plywood mould with the 3mm leather in place drying out.
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f278/Johnnyvariety/case1a.jpg

Bottom half of the mould with the leather dry and the knife (prised from its owner)
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f278/Johnnyvariety/case1.jpg

Some cutting, gluing and stitching done...
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f278/Johnnyvariety/case2.jpg

pretty much finished stitching and trimming. Waxed thread used and a belt loop (not shown)
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f278/Johnnyvariety/case3.jpg

dipped in beeswax and ready to be handed over...
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f278/Johnnyvariety/case4.jpg

It took about 15mins to make the mould and drying took about a day. Making the pouch then took an afternoon with several breaks for tea.

Next time, I'd smooth the mould a bit more and maybe line it with paper as it marked the leather a bit. I really need to make one of those holders for gripping the leather while stitching...and some gloves or tap[e to stop the thread cutting into fingers.

[Bushcraft4life]

Thats excellent John :D

Could you possibly post the link to the thread on moulding leather please :)

Cheers

[JohnC]

sure thing..
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11050&highlight=leather+moulding
(you can see my mould was a bit more rough and ready...)

[gorilla]

johnc - great work - what tools do you use for stiching/making holes etc? as i'd love to have a go at this

[JohnC]

Thank you,
I used a stitch groover to make the channel for stiches to lie in, a small awl for the holes. I didnt use a pricking iron or wheel, but that would have been neater. The needles were ordinary blunt leather working needles, I forget the size. I'd encourage anyone to have a go, it's a small project and I was really pleased the way it turned out, check out Eric methvens threads on leatherwork, he inspired me to give it a go.

[Grooveski]

That's really nice.

Got me thinking about making a pouch for my new binoculars. The one they came with is a bit micky-mouse.

[brancho]

Thats great work:D

I need to make one now and thanks for pointing the things you learned from:You_Rock_

[Dougster]

A cracking piece of work there. Well done.

[Backyard Bushcraft]

id love to have a crack of making something like that! have a nice SAK that bushwacker bob rehandled for me! could you post a pic of all the leather working tools you used??

[JohnC]

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f278/Johnnyvariety/tools.jpg
a stitch groover
popstud tool
beeswax
a small awl
glue to tack the bits together before sewing
needles
Pliers for pullling needles through

and a knife of course..

Thank you for the comments.. BCUK is the place for encouraging people to give these things a go!

[Toddy]

S orry I missed this one John :o

That's a really neat bit of kit you've made; and one very pleased son I imagine :cool:

cheers,
Mary