Golok machete sheath with stained glass window version 2! And i've had enough!

[Angst]

hi...went back to drawing board...made several adjustments and attempted a whole new dye-job.....if you could all have a whip-round i'd like a pro-sewing machine for xmas please lololol! honestly my fingers are now so sore its quite freaky....half of my thumb has peeled off from blistering, theres now no thumbprint and i've been trying to think up money-making crimes i could commit using only my thumb so i can afford a sewing machine and leave no trace.....suggestions wanted please....and sheath-criticism too! hope you like....if not i quit!

and heres the first one again....

 

[John Fenna]

Oh - I like version 2!
Very pretty

 

[Perrari]

Very Nice work ! Personally I like the one that looks like a sunset. Does it also have a belt loop ?

 

[Angst]

hi....thanks guys....yup right up behind the handle with a lovely heavy duty nickel d-ring too....just about visible in pic 1.

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Very Nice work ! Personally I like the one that looks like a sunset. Does it also have a belt loop ?

 

[Teepee]

Lovin them both, especially the second one.

 

[HillBill]

Nice one. I much prefer it to the first.

 

[DaveBromley]

Dude that is one of the best sheaths i've ever seen!! I think a smaller version would sell like hot cakes!! get on it and the proceeds can buy the sewing machine you need lol

I'd have one in a heart beat

Dave

 

[luckylee]

looks great bud, dont buy a sowing machine bud, i have thought about it so many times, but then your work is commercial not handmade, and thats what put me of, i could get one if needed, but my work would not be the same if i did that.
having your fingers hurt is what its all about, your work will just look like all the other mass produced tat if you go down that rout.
take care.
lee.

 

[Angst]

thanks for the compliments! yup i agree of course.....BUT....hurts not quite right.....sorta trampled, burned, door-slammed and hammer-smacked all at the same time in a numb needles-and-pins-from-hell-kinda-way lololol! i mean, they always hurt....but the devil himself would whimper if he was suffering this! lolol! maybe we could reach a compromise??? how about you all buy me a sewing machine and i'll only use it on the stained glass window.....i'll still stump-stitch the main edge! fair?

looks great bud, dont buy a sowing machine bud, i have thought about it so many times, but then your work is commercial not handmade, and thats what put me of, i could get one if needed, but my work would not be the same if i did that.
having your fingers hurt is what its all about, your work will just look like all the other mass produced tat if you go down that rout.
take care.
lee.

 

[Dannytsg]

Lovely work. The sunset style is my favourite

 

[TurboGirl]

Absolutely delicious, Angst!

 

[HillBill]

Your fingers will toughen up mate

thanks for the compliments! yup i agree of course.....BUT....hurts not quite right.....sorta trampled, burned, door-slammed and hammer-smacked all at the same time in a numb needles-and-pins-from-hell-kinda-way lololol! i mean, they always hurt....but the devil himself would whimper if he was suffering this! lolol! maybe we could reach a compromise??? how about you all buy me a sewing machine and i'll only use it on the stained glass window.....i'll still stump-stitch the main edge! fair?

 

[Miniwhisk]

I bet your thumb is sore! How many hours of stitching is that? Took me 4 hours with a few breaks, just to do a notebook cover. Nice design work. I very much like the orange Sun design. Lovely colour graduation. They remind me of stained glass a bit.

 

[Dreadhead]

now that is a work of art great job on that one

 

[Angst]

lololol! seeings i'm only getting sympathy off miniwhisk i shall elaborate more to make you all feel like the meanys you are! haha!....mark you slavedriver....ive been stitching every day for 2 years now....how long does it take?? lol....and as for lee....''having your fingers hurt is what its all about''....now thats just kinky! lol....seriously though....just guessing the sheath took maybe 10-15 hours to complete....its partly my fault....in a moment of madness i decided to do smaller holes than i normally do to make it neater....which of course means plier-work....which of course means double the time and double the fuss....and being an impatient fool i darn near tried to pull every stitch thru with fingers rather than mess around with pick up plier, put down plier, pick up plier, put down plier (some 500-odd times or whatever). i always try to do as much as i can with one thread....so each thread was some 2metres long meaning every stitch requires pulling through loads of length. i know for a fact that just the main stitched border around the 'window' took about 2 hours cos i did it when my littlun was having his afternon nap. lazy git.

ok....i might actually take a picture of my thumb. i hope youre all crying now and reaching for the wallets....new thread.....''we MUST buy angst a sewing machine for xmas....donations here''

you know you want to.

lol, a.

ps....miniwhisk....come on then lets see it!

I bet your thumb is sore! How many hours of stitching is that? Took me 4 hours with a few breaks, just to do a notebook cover. Nice design work. I very much like the orange Sun design. Lovely colour graduation. They remind me of stained glass a bit.

 

[HillBill]

Should be used to it after 2 years mate lol.

Can't say i get sore fingers anymore, and i tend to make sheaths in batches of 5. But i dont think that adds up to the same stitching as this sheath.

 

[Angst]

i think i smell a whiff of sympathy there......

Should be used to it after 2 years mate lol.

Can't say i get sore fingers anymore, and i tend to make sheaths in batches of 5. But i dont think that adds up to the same stitching as this sheath.

 

[steve581]

Mate your showing some fantastic skills and you've certainly steped it up a notch or 100,.. Lol.. Massive congrats bud.

 

[mountainm]

I have a callous on my pinky where the thread always runs when I pull it through.

Man up and get sewing!

(great work!)

 

[Angst]

not even any sympathy from my ex-mate steve.....thasit.....i'm going over to kydex and growing a beard in protest! and as for mountainm....i take it back about your logo....its horrible! and i dont want to be a man anymore...i'm having a sex change. i bet richard will be along to put the boot in on my poor strangulated thumb at any moment!

(lip sticking righttttttttttttttttt out! lol!)

Mate your showing some fantastic skills and you've certainly steped it up a notch or 100,.. Lol.. Massive congrats bud.