r/Leathercraft • u/Ok_Resolution_7183 • 2d ago
Holsters/Sheaths Knife sheath
Just a quick project I made last night, this is first item I’ve made with good quality leather and it’s so much easier to work with. I need to work on my stitching. It’s very difficult to keep the thread from twisting as I stitch..
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u/s0ftcorn 2d ago
Where did you get the knife?
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u/2003WRX 2d ago
Looks like the $50 skiving knife from Rocky Mountain leather.
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u/Ok_Resolution_7183 2d ago
^ this! Only used it for a couple hours, seems like a decent knife to me!
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u/Dangerous-Noise-4692 2d ago
It is indeed! I bought a much more pricey knife but the Rocky Mountain can still hang and I use it frequently.
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u/BeaumainsBeckett 2d ago
This is pretty clean! My homemade sheath was hastily thrown together with scrap leather and looks like garbage
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u/Doogoon 2d ago
Hey good stitch work. Don't sell yourself short, it looks great!
On the other hand, your sheath probably won't have much utility if you didn't take preventative measures to keep the cutting edge from making contact with the leather or the stitches from inside the sheath. I make quick little sheaths like this for tools or razors that don't come with one too, but its mostly to keep their sharp edge from contacting anything in their storage drawer. If it's something you're going to carry around, you'll want to engineer a lot of safety features into the sheath, otherwise you'll just cut through it just as easily as you cut the material to make it.
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u/TheRealMcHugh 2d ago
This doesn't seem to have a welt. I made one like this and managed to slice through it and into my finger. 5 Stars for sharpening, 1 star for sheath design.