Journeys into Leathercraft….

[MrEd]

A commission piece, custom IWB pancake sheath for a small knife a chap uses at work, his previous sheath was pleather and fell apart when worn daily.

Quite pleased how this came out, the chap wanted some changes to dimensions and construction and had a budget to work to which I managed to accommodate.

Made from J wood tomahawk butt split in tan, glued and hand sewn with 0.8 ritza tiger. Wet-formed then oiled and polished.

Original sheath was in poor shape and borderline dangerous


So I used it as a basis of a template


Coming on okay


Glued it then punched the stitch lines


Final item wet formed

 

[k9trev]

Nice work that

 

[MrEd]

Nice work that

Thanks
We must sort out a tooling session, just struggling a bit with family and work time to actually have spare time lol

 

[Toddy]

I like that That's smart
Very neatly done. I'm sure your workmate will be pleased too.

 

[Chris]

Looks amazing, well done

 

[MrEd]

My brother gifted me a George Barnsley round head knife for Christmas, so I whipped up a sheath for it to stop it cutting my fingers off! Should have done a wider strap so the popper doesn’t look so huge

Lovely thing to use, it’s so much nicer than a craft knife

 

[Chris]

My brother gifted me a George Barnsley round head knife for Christmas, so I whipped up a sheath for it to stop it cutting my fingers off! Should have done a wider strap so the popper doesn’t look so huge

Lovely thing to use, it’s so much nicer than a craft knife
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Oooh, nice work. I have a half head knife of theirs arriving this week. Glad to hear they are nice to use and I may well copy you with making a sheath!

 

[Mesquite]

My brother gifted me a George Barnsley round head knife for Christmas, so I whipped up a sheath for it to stop it cutting my fingers off! Should have done a wider strap so the popper doesn’t look so huge

Lovely thing to use, it’s so much nicer than a craft knife
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Very tidy work

 

[MrEd]

Randomly sold a few things via eBay now. Couple of valet trays and a belt, have made a couple now, just finished up another for a friend.
Made from English oak bark tanned bridle leather, hand sewn. Quite pleased with my saddle stitching now, I can consistently lay the stitch correctly.

 

[MrEd]

Made something for myself tonight, an adaptor so that my 58 pattern compass pouch can hang from a belt (it doesn’t work so well using the original single metal loop with a normal belt)

What the rear fixing is like, kinda works on my 2 inch belt but isn’t satisfactory so I tended to just carry it in a pack, or with a carabiner on the top loop.


Laid out and measured up a simple rectangle of leather, measured for a couple of holes to go over the C hooks


Saddle stitched it together


Just simply folded it in half and stitched it together. Spot the stitch where I forgot to cast. Guess I spoke to soon about being happy with my hand sewing


Then fitted it to the pouch, has some movement but stays on firm, it was bloody hard to squeeze it in the leather so I guess it won’t be coming off anytime soon. I sized the loop to fit my widest belt


And the rear view

 

[MrEd]

Made another custom belt, criteria was veg tan, running floral design and a matching buckle, Keeper and tip. Hand sewn and riveted and max budget £100
This is what I came up with




And weirdly I have had a bit of a run on these small pouches on eBay. I have sold a bunch of them randomly after selling none ever in the 218 days they have been on eBay. I don’t understand algorithms

 

[HillBill]

Made another custom belt, criteria was veg tan, running floral design and a matching buckle, Keeper and tip. Hand sewn and riveted and max budget £100
This is what I came up with
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And weirdly I have had a bit of a run on these small pouches on eBay. I have sold a bunch of them randomly after selling none ever in the 218 days they have been on eBay. I don’t understand algorithms
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Mint that mate. What leather did you use? Bridle Butt or Veg tan shoulder? Guessing veg tan with the tooling... Bridle makes a better belt, but a bit tough for tooling.

 

[MrEd]

Mint that mate. What leather did you use? Bridle Butt or Veg tan shoulder? Guessing veg tan with the tooling... Bridle makes a better belt, but a bit tough for tooling.

Yeah veg tan shoulder, I prefer bridle For belts and straps and will use that unless asked different, but was specifically asked to do this embossed pattern.

Will still work as a belt but will stretch more over time, still be a ten+ year belt though if looked after. Bridle though - that can easily last someone’s life time, I love bridle - it’s so nice to cut and sew

 

[Chris]

Brilliant work Ed, very impressive.

 

[HillBill]

Yeah veg tan shoulder, I prefer bridle For belts and straps and will use that unless asked different, but was specifically asked to do this embossed pattern.

Will still work as a belt but will stretch more over time, still be a ten+ year belt though if looked after. Bridle though - that can easily last someone’s life time, I love bridle - it’s so nice to cut and sew

Bridle deffo makes a better belt. I was once asked to make a belt for someone, shall we say...on the larger side...Couldn't even get veg tan shoulder long enough to make it, but they didnt want bridle (which i could) as it was 'too stiff and digs in'... suggested a good firm elastic... no.... So sent 'em a link to weight watchers... Didn't go down well.