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Knife Sheath WIP
kevinnator11:
When you clamp try to make sure you are in the stitch groove. Use the smaller clamps so you don't leave marks.
kevinnator11:
kevinnator11:
A 5/64 bit works great for stitch holes and as you can see 1/8 works well for rivets. Just make sure on the bottom side you're not drilling into anything. You don't want to use a wood backer because it would pull wood into the leather and that could mess up your stitching. I use a board with a 1/4 hole under the leather so the bit doesn't hit anything.
After stitching I hit the edges with the belt sander to flatten and clean them up. I'll go back and dye that again once I work the edge.
I dampen the inside to fold and then to form I just wet the inside really good. Not enough to soak all the way through to the outside. That way your tooling isn't affected to much.
Pretty much done. Put the loop on the wrong side but the guy doesn't mind. Once I dye again and work the edge some more and finish I'll post the completed pic. Hope this helps someone.
JW_Halverson:
Clear enough that people like me that can't read could reproduce that sheath! Nice work documenting!
Chief RID:
Thanks. I learned a great deal. Looks like it will last a lifetime-plus.
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