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IdahoSpud

IdahoSpud

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Had to redo my sheath because I wanted to use the fatter fire steel instead of the little thin ones, and needed a guard for my ax:

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Nice job... you know we need some details ;)

finish, tooling... etc...

Stitching looks really nice...
 
Details, lets see, tooling was done with a chop stick while the leather was wet then cut out just a hair before I treated it.

The finish was different for each, Im experimenting with different leather treatments with just wax since it seems to be readily available. The ax guard was treated with parafin wax poured over it not dipped while it was room temp. Then I blew it with a hair dryer to set the wax and ended up with that nice looking finish.

The knife sheath was treated while hot so the leather soaked up a lot more. You can really see how much of a difference the temp of the leather makes in the treatment process.

For stitching I found that it it easier to moisten the leather and hand stitch not drilling holes but letting the sewing awl do its work. Some how they just come out straight on both sides, this is still a mystery to me but it works.

Of course stander stitch groover, spacer, and edge bevel-er.

No die was used or harmed in the making of these projects.
 
Looks good... Just starting to work with leather and I like seeing others work. Gives me ideas...

Thanks, Ski
 
Beautiful work. I especially like the tooling. You have a real eye for that. So you pressed the design in with a chopstick, then cut it with ... what?
 
Well, I pressed it in ith a chopstick to get my indention then I used a craft knife to lightly carve away just a hair off of some of the edges, actually the chopstick did most of the work, I like the idea of not removing leather to make designs. So it is mostly just pressed, very little actual carving.
 
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