Simple leatherwork


Miles Thundergass

Miles Thundergass

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Had spare time and leather, so sewed up a couple of pouches for pocket EDC gear to prevent pocket holes wearing through and simplify organization and transfer to other coat. Not elegant, but useful.
Pig skin poke contains 50' of tarred nylon bankline, waterproof match case with compass, Carmex lip balm (also a fire starter) and section of bike inner tube, and "Bic"-type lighter. Pocketknife sheath contains Fallkniven U2.
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Daywalker said:
I see you did a great job there, I love homemade! Thanks The bag look's like pig skin?
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Daywalker, your eye is sharp. Pig skin it is. I've corrected my post. Thanks!
While still supple, pig skin has a bit more stiffness and structure than buckskin and lies flatter in the pocket.
Thanks again.
 
A simple fold-over leather project, without any sewing, to provide protection for my field notebook.

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4-5 oz. leather, #18 tarred bank twine, stained with medium brown stain. and coated with Pecard waterproof shoe oil.
The idea came from an advertisement for a similar commercial item, which was selling for $30. This cost less than $2 in supplies.
 
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New dangler sheath for my Barkie "Kephart".
I prefer dangler sheaths because they don’t get in the way of the hip belt on my pack.
The previous deep-dangler needed to enclose more that 1/2 the length of the handle to assure that gravity and friction prevented the knife from accidently popping out and that makes it somewhat difficult to grasp the handle to withdraw the knife, unless there is a lanyard attached (but I don't like lanyards and a dangling lanyard on a dangler sheath seems too much of a muchness).
So this is a cross between a deep-dangler and a standard belt sheath with a keeper.
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Seems to work well.
 
Miles Thundergass said:
New dangler sheath for my Barkie "Kephart".
I prefer dangler sheaths because they don’t get in the way of the hip belt on my pack.
The previous deep-dangler needed to enclose more that 1/2 the length of the handle to assure that gravity and friction prevented the knife from accidently popping out and that makes it somewhat difficult to grasp the handle to withdraw the knife, unless there is a lanyard attached (but I don't like lanyards and a dangling lanyard on a dangler sheath seems too much of a muchness).
So this is a cross between a deep-dangler and a standard belt sheath with a keeper.
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Seems to work well.
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Awesome! I would love to know how you stained the leather to match the knife handle; Or so it appears in the picture. Regardless. Outstanding work.
 
Notchback, I used two coats of medium brown Eco-Flo leather dye. The first sloppy, uneven, and thick, and wiped off after partly dried to give the mottled look, and the second thin and wiped off after a minute or two to achieve the depth of color.
Thanks for the complement.
 
Less is more sometimes and this is one of those times. Nice job.
 
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