Last March, My Sweet Baboo went off for a long weekend and took a knife crafting class taught by a master craftsman in Missouri. He came home with a pretty fancy knife in a case, but he wanted to make a sheath for it.
Sir Senior Ranger Commander happened to have some leather scraps about, and, last weekend, MSB put it all together:
And here he is with the finished project:
Technically, he cheated by pre-drilling the holes for the needle in the leather before he started sewing it, if he really wanted it to be Authentic for the frontiersmen's fellowship group...but he's not that picky. There are three different pieces of leather involved, ranging from Stiff As a Board to Lovely and Soft in hand. It was interesting to see how he did it.
For being a relative novice at these things, I think he did pretty well!
Awesome job! My dad does this sort of work, so I know the work invovled.
ReplyDeleteI think it looks wonderful. Both of you should be very proud.
ReplyDeleteHe did a wonderful job and sewing leather can't have been easy!
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