Thread: Playing with leather

oh and as for the burnishing , I personally find it works better if you start on the edge and work towards the middle or the leather bulges and deforms outwards . BY working from the outside in gives a better result . I just dampen - dampen not drench - the edge with water on my finger then once I wax the finished product quickly go over it again with wax and whatever you use for burnishing . I found a biro can work really well , especially in the tight inside curve .

I had almost forgotten the teaspoon @Ftx325 .Having the right tools makes things easier but, as you say it's surprising what you can achieve with what you have on hand

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Originally Posted by hunter Al.7mm08

Cheers Andy.I hope yours is still in pristine condition?

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Getting well used look actually!

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Spent the last few nights making a wee double decker pouch/sheath for my new folding scalpel (scalpel for hunting thread) to keep the knife and some spare blades together I can just throw in my bumbag/belt pouch and not rattle around .
Made it using some thin 1.5 ish mm leather scraps kindly donated by @ebf .
Water molded to the knife with a separate slot in back for blade storage . Also molded the lid flap in closed shape to make that the natural shape of the leather which keeps the flap almost locked closed when slid under the retaining cross strap .
Gotta say was a right pain trying to make something so small with such flexible leather but quite pleased with end result . And with the finished article being 4 layers thick is actually quite stiff once completed .

No teaspoons were harmed in the making of this sheath .....

well done indeed. pleased you put lighter there for size as no idea otherwise. if you find it opens you could put hole in end of flap and simply thread string through it so it would be too fat to return through hole unless string removed.

Thanks MD . I was a little dubious about the flap closure but turned out surprisingly secure .
Was going to use the standard popper setup for closing but decided I wanted to try something different and think also popper would have made it to bulky . Seriously considered making it button up and making a button out of antler but decided a bit over the top for something that is going to live in my bag and never be seen by anyone so just did the nice simple retaining strap instead ....

Originally Posted by Ftx325

Then there's the ammo holders on my rifles...
The lever action has a suede cheek piece laced on to pamper my cheek as my shoulder gets the crap kicked out of it!Attachment 146333Attachment 146334Attachment 146335Attachment 146336

Thats amazing work for a lefty, most would need the shell holder on the right side though.

Originally Posted by CBH Australia

Thats amazing work for a lefty, most would need the shell holder on the right side though.

Thanks ...
And you are correct , there are a lot of weirdos out there who would want it on the 'wrong' side .... bloody cock-eyed right handers ....

That's some tidy work @Ftx325. What make is that knife?. Have often wondered how they would go.
I had a little play with a similar pouch design a while ago, but with a horizontal carry belt loop. The flap seems to be holding up OK but I also have doubts about them

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Hi Hunter . Thanks ...
I wouldn't have done the flap closure like that if I was belt mounting it but ok just in bag and the knife and blades are still a light friction fit in sheath so won't fall out anyway .
I left the flap leather normal to start but wasn't happy so soaked the flap up until about 3/4 of inch before the the mouth of sheath , slid it under strap and molded around sheath so it wraps around it then cooked it with a hairdryer . When dry the flap is stiff but the point above mouth is still flexible to allow it to bend to get open or closed and because leather is stiff you actually have to make an effort to open it as it doesn't want to bend to allow you to pull it out ... Make sense ?
You can see in the 2nd pic where the flap is stuck up stiff and shaped to wrap from the tip to just after the bend where flexible leather starts .

The scalpel was from Ali express . The seller was tczuo edc . Have since ordered 4 more for the guys at work which arrived the other day .
I am considering ordering in a bunch more as 2 others now want one after seeing mine as well as my boy ....

Thanks @Ftx325 will have a look at them.
I always find when you make stuff for yourself it is a good excuse to try different designs/techniques. If they work out it's good, if they fail then no one is pissed but yourself

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@Ftx325, looks mint ! very clever work on the flap. Should be nice and quiet.

Little rainy day E.D.C project. Victorinox Adventurer and a Wurkkos wk01. Little torch but puts out 120+ lumens, I'm quite impressed with it.

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Nice.... Funny I just started much the same thing for my pocket knife .
Wet molded again and the flap will be removed .



Obviously a work in progress .... Just started it yesterday with some more little scraps so the design is a compromise due lack of leather . Was going to add torch also but not big enough leather pieces for that unfortunately .

Great minds huh!.Mine was reclaimed from the scrap box too.

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