Leather Sheathmaking 101
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- čas přidán 9. 07. 2024
- In this Leather Sheathmaking 101 tutorial, I'll go over my method for doing leatherwork and creating beautiful sheaths for knives. Links to tools below...
Links to tools used or mentioned:
Thread spacing tool: amzn.to/3psKcpw
Springfield Leather 13ft Double Shoulder: amzn.to/3psoNgl
Leather Dragon Scale Stamp: amzn.to/3prNidr
Leather Basket Weave stamp: amzn.to/34NO0dd
Leather Stone stamps (combo pack): amzn.to/3rysUJp
Leather Dye - Dark Brown: - amzn.to/34QpbgS
Leather Dye - Burgundy: amzn.to/37S1yGH
Leather Dye - Light Brown: amzn.to/37RHx2Q
Leather Dye - Tan: amzn.to/2KHR4kj
Leather Dye - Blue: amzn.to/34Mbpfd
Leather Snaps: amzn.to/2WPj1Jy
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Do yo have any other processes for making sheaths? I love acquiring new stamps so let me know if you have some cool ones!
I have always liked the meander or serpentine pattern stamps like the D444 craftool stamp. Have you ever tried using Fiebings pro dye used to be sold as professional oil dye? I find it to be easier to get even and like the colors more. It also seems to have a lot less rub off and is less likely to surface bronze.
@@bransonsgeneralstore I don’t have that stamp but always buying new ones so maybe soon. I’ve had good experience with the regular (alcohol) fiebings but never tried the oil. Maybe I’ll pick some up. Thanks for watching!
I started using a rotary cutter to cut my leather out. It’s like a pizza cutter for leather and thick material. Mine was a cheap one from Amazon but it comes with several replacement blades. I’ve probably made 8 or 10 sheaths and still using the 1st blade. It was $13 and made cutting go so much cleaner and quicker. Another tip I got from someone is to take a small spent drill bit, like 3/32 or 1/16 and ground a point on the shank end. Chuck it upside down in the drill press and use the point to make your stitch holes. Makes clean burnished holes doing it that way.
@@jbaileyknives7282 thanks Johnny! Do you have a link to that rotary cutter? I’d be interested in seeing that. I’ve seen people use a nail in a drill press for stitch holes too, but the 1/16 drill has always worked perfectly for me.
@Tyrell Knifeworks i couldn’t get it to share but go to Amazon and search rotary cutter for leather and it brings up a bunch of different ones. The one I got was orange and says Rotary Cutter on the side of it. It’s $9.99 now with 10 replacement blades.
This is an excellent video man. Detail is awesome. I always learn something watching your videos. I love this pattern too, keeping the smooth leather on the front of the belt loop. 🙌
Thanks so much! I appreciate that!
Mr. Tyrell your are a Master.
I appreciate your work, tips and everything but most of all that You share your experience with us.
Greetings from Ciudad de México México.
Thanks for following along! ❤️
Great work and a very good explanation of the method! Thank You!
I’m happy it was helpful, Andrei!
I have made a lot of sheaths in the last few years but I still learned a lot from your excellent video- Steve @ Costa Rica Forge
Thanks for watching, Steve!
Man you just opened my eyes with this video, I'll be linking to this video when I make my first leather sheath. Great job on the video.
Thanks Erick! I appreciate that. ❤️
Thank you for the precious tips.
The sheath turned out awesome!
Your teaching skills are also remarkable!
I’m glad it was helpful, William! Thanks for watching
I think I shed a tear when I saw you whip out that ball-peen hammer. A 30oz urethane mallet will change your life.
This video was two years ago, I’ve since upgraded to the mallet. 😉. Thanks for watching
Beautiful work, that sheath looks amazing. I really enjoyed the detail work in this video.
Glad you liked it! 😜
Great stuff! This is probably the best sheath video I have seen, and makes me want to get on with making some sheaths now! Cheers!
Great, glad I could nudge you into the craft! 😜
Awesome work and great tips !
Thanks!
Hallo from Vienna Austria 🇦🇹! I‘m a Leathercraft artist too! I have a GOOD TRick or Tipp for you! For tooling use a Marmor or grant stone & use a Rawleather hammer there DON‘t damage your tools like a normal hammer!!!
Yeah, I should get one of those stamping hammers, I just haven't gotten around to it. Thanks for watching!
Awesome guide/tutorial, thank you sir
Thanks for watching!
Questo è uno dei video più interessanti,grazie di averlo condiviso
Grazie per aver dato un occhiata, Maurizio!
mmmh ... it's my touch mr.Tyrell ... lot love & i'm learn ...
I’m glad you are getting good info out of my videos! Thanks for watching!
Good video man. And a really nice sheath. The knife is amazing
Thanks! Glad you like both.
excellent video thanks just subbed and liked im new to bladesmithing and im having alot of fun and videos like this help a ton have a great holiday
Welcome to the channel and to this amazing hobby! Please let me know if you have questions, suggestions for future videos or comments!
Looks great good work
Thanks for taking a look!
Super cool
Thanks Ryan!
Beautyful! what a dream to do such a job
Thanks for watching!
Wow, just wow
Thanks for watching!
Always enjoy seeing how others do it. Many ways to "skin the cat". The only way I can get a decent dye job is to airbrush, which also gives me some control over the color saturation.
Thanks for sharing.
I wish I had an airbrush but not sure I’d use it enough. The alcohol based dyes seem to go pretty even for me though. Thanks for watching!
SHOWWWW!!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Thanks for watching!
Amazing
Thanks for looking, Joshua!
Great video! Looks like I gota lots work a head of me for my next project......
You can do it! Thanks for watching
Very nice mate, cheers...
Thanks for watching, Robert
perfect boss !, greetings from Andalusia in Spain, like and subscribed.
Welcome to the channel! The Spanish translations are normally up the same day but I’m on vacation right now so they’ll be up next weekend.
@@TyrellKnifeworks I appreciate it since I speak terrible English, thank you very much.
Thank you so much I've been making knives for a year now and I've always wanted to make sheaths for my knives but it never really worked I really like your videos and I learn a lot
Thanks, I'm glad it was helpful! Looking at your name, you should definitely watch the Loki dagger build. 😜
@@TyrellKnifeworks thank you you're the number one bladesmith channel that I watch on CZcams
@@lokiknife-making3930 thanks, I appreciate that!
@@TyrellKnifeworks and if it's okay I might want to make a knife for you to get your opinion and some feedback to get better thank you
Sure, send me some pics at tyrellknifeworks at gmail.
Nice video, and nice sheath too! I've seen another trick for the saddle-stitch somewhere else, can't remember where. What the person did was, instead of pulling the first side through completely, he was leaving a loop hanging back, threaded the opposite needle in, spun the loop around the needle, then pulled everything tight. The idea was that instead of just crossing each other, the threads were in effect forming a knot inside each and every hole. The idea is that if the stitch was damaged due to an accident or wear and tear, the knots stuck inside the leather would help prevent it from unraveling further, until it could be repaired.
Yes I’ve heard that approach. Honestly, the holes are small enough that it’s hard to even get two threads through and it pulls tight each time and doesn’t back out. Going through the other thread is a pain and not worth the effort it takes for these. I’ve never had an issue with the way I do it. I’m sure there are lots of ways but this works for me. Thanks for watching and commenting! 😜
Hola un saludo desde ciudad de México de parte de Fran me gusta tu trabajo
¡Gracias por visitar el canal y mirarlo!
thanks
Thanks for watching.
Beautiful! Thank you for explaining things so concisely. Do you know if Amazon sells a leather working starter kit? And is there a entry-level brand that you recommend? Thx!
I already linked to a bunch of cool leather making supplies in the description so check that out! Thanks for watching! 👍
Can I ask what materials you used for the handle of the knife?
As a young guy just starting in knife making I love watching your videos and getting more ideas.
If you look back a few videos from this one, you’ll see the build video of the blade. I’m pretty sure this one was Gancalo Alves wood. Thanks for watching, Michael.
Congratulations very nice work
I wanted to ask you how many millimeters thick is the skin?
Hmm, I’m not sure in mm. Leather is usually measured in ounces and this is a 8-10 oz leather. If guess it was about 3-4mm. Thanks for watching.
Very Nice
This one was just shipped out to its new home today! Thanks for watching!
@@TyrellKnifeworks I’m sure the new owner is going to love his new knife
@@HARMARSCH2 I hope so!
Nice sheath. I usually don‘t do a lot of stamping on my knife sheaths but this pattern is really nice.
Basically I do my „taco“ style sheaths the same way but please allow me to do some comments.
I like the way how you integrated the end of the belt loop that reinforces the edge of the mouth. I will try that myself.
I stopped drilling the holes but rather use an awl to poke the holes. You might need to make the welt a little thinner though. A stich line where the holes are made with an awl will never ever get loose even if the thread gets cut somewhere. Why? A drilled hole has has material removed, you have a hole. An awl cuts the leather and pushes it aside, once you are done with stiching and when you hammer down the stich line the leather moves back and firms around the thread. Saddlers do it like this for centuries. Ok it is more difficult when you sew thicker leather.
A saddle stich is actually more than stiching with two needles from both sides. It is important that you overlap the threads when you sew, that creates a half hitch in the hole and makes the stich even more secure. I will not try to explain this, there are some very good videos on YT (look at the channels of Leodis leather or Nigel Armitage).
I find it easier to have the seam up and stich towards me, OK I made myself a stiching pony for this.
I subscibed to your cahnnek now.
Thanks for the tips, Roland! The drill I use is still much smaller than the width of both threads so it’s still very tight. Thanks for watching!
غمد جميل جدا ورائع 😲👍
شكرا لإلقاء نظرة!
I have never seen a hexigon stamp that cut that deep. What stamp did you use? Nice Work, by the way.
I don’t remember where I got this one. Somewhere on Amazon I suspect. There’s probably a link in the video description. Thanks for watching.
@@TyrellKnifeworks Ya, First thing I did was look in your discription. Not there. Thanks anyway.
Tyrell. I like that knife whit the sheath. How can I get one?
I have knives available on my website. There’s a link in every video description. Thanks for watching
What stamp did you use outside the hex to get the rough surface?
I have some “field stone” stamps. They give a rock texture. Thanks for watching, Steve.
Ok, good basics. Have you ever done a kukri?
I sure have. Look back about 4 months and you’ll see the two-part Kukri build. Thanks for watching!
That's the one ( in thumb nail ) .
Just go ahead and send it overnight
( I'll have Your check in the mail ) !!!!
Sorry, this one was sold long ago. 😜. Thanks for watching, Johnny!
What is the size of your drill in mm?
If you mean to drill the holes for sewing, it’s 1/16” which is 1.6mm. Note, I just a 1/16” nail in the drill press now instead of a bit. Checkout my recent sheath video. 👍. Thanks for watching.
You skipped the step where it looked like you scored the middle inside where the fold is. Could you explain that step? Thanks
Sorry, I did skip explaining that. I do that so that it folds over a bit easier. It’s not really necessary but I do it anyway.
Hello nice job... I learned a lot and I'm interested on buy an honeycomb stamp like yours... Please would you let me know the factory address? Best regards
I’m afraid I don’t remember where I got that one. If you check my Amazon store link in the leather working section you’ll see links to other cool stamps though. www.amazon.com/shop/tyrellknifeworks. Thanks for watching
@@TyrellKnifeworks I did...bit none was similar
I have a sharp stainless knife, it won't last longer in use how do you make it durable sir sharp ???
There’s no way to make a knife more durable. Just start with quality steel. 👍
@@TyrellKnifeworks whether to use steel if you want a more durable sharpness ???
@@rifincurly6550If you’re going to male a stainless knife start with something like CPM154 or even AEBL steel. 👍
@@TyrellKnifeworks where can I get AEBL steel in my city? while the knife craftsmen here are still learning not yet fully proficient, ... if I may know how much is the price of the material measuring 20 cm long, 5 cm wide and 1 cm thick ???
@@rifincurly6550 unfortunately I can’t help you there. I know where/how to acquire it here in the US but not elsewhere.
Nice, thank you. One thing though, it caused me pain to see you hit those beautiful stamps with a metal hammer. Don't use metal on metal, you are destroying them. Use a maul and they will last longer. Sheath looks nice!
Those are super cheap stamps so I don’t care much, but I know what you’re saying. Thanks for watching
Very Beautifull... give me 1 please mr ☝️☝️☝️
Well you can purchase any that are available. 😜. Thanks for watching!
@@TyrellKnifeworks I want to buy it but I have no money, because I know it must be expensive
@@TyrellKnifeworks I am just a fry trader, I want to buy a knife that expensive, I can't eat for 1 month 😁
Why wouldn't you use a simple wheel marker? Having hammer markers seems a little bit rudimentary for your skill level. Guess I'll see..
I just don’t have any wheel markers. My sheath work is still pretty novice level. Maybe I’ll look into those. Thanks for watching!
@@TyrellKnifeworks can I ask you a personal question? Are you a JS or MS?
If so, I have a lot more questions for you. If not I still have a lot of questions for you
However my enquiries are not without information as well. I have some very very interesting ideas of things that could be done. Things that I don't really think I've been thought of too much. I won't go into it but I am looking for bladesmiths with adequate technique and skill to formulate an idea of the new age of Damascus. I know it sounds grandiose, and is easily a delusion of grandeur. But I have some ideas, and based on my knowledge of how steel works I think they are not far from possibility. You have my email
Neither at the moment. I’ll be testing for JS next year.
@8:44 thank me later lol
I’ve made that mistake more than once! 😜
As have I. Most embarrassing thing I did was in class as a kid call my male teacher mom and I voice cracked real bad 😂
@@Playrough_Havoc oh yeah, that’s a doozy. 🤣