Liz makes a Knife Sheath
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- Liz will be taking you step by step as she crafts a knife sheath for a small hunting knife. Liz has been making knife sheaths for 5 plus years and is stoked to share her expertise with you all!
Make sure to stick around for how you can get entered to win it!
Additional Products used:
- Harness Needles
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- Craftmaster 3.85mm Pricking Chisel Set
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- SLC Pro Beveler #4 1.8mm
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I've found that for figuring out a new pattern, over and over, cereal box cardboard is my friend! 😉
Thanks for the video Liz I am in need of a group of these instructional videos. I am in experienced and something like these videos can teach so much.
Liz has awesome arms! There's no holsters for those leather crafting guns, and I hope to gain my own pair. Go Liz Go!!!
That would be quite a holster though!
Thanks for sharing. Very nice sheath. 👍
I like using cardboard for patterns as it more closely resembles leather thickness so my measurements are closer to the pattern.
If you glue 1/2" wood slats along the inside top edge of the stitching pony jaws you can get it to sort of stand off the leather a bit. Easy to do,
Awesome Workmanship you did a Great Job 👍 👌 👏..Liz
I certainly enjoy watching and listening to Ms Liz as she works. I also have seen some of her exquisite inlaid knife sheaths and am in awe of her work!
I picked up a great tip from Adams LeatherWorks for figuring the width of a fold over sheath/holster: take a strip (1/4 x 1/2” wide) of leather the same thickness as you’re using for the sheath/holster and wrap it around the knife/gun at points where the measurements will change and mark those measurements figure in your seam allowance and transfer those measurements to your pattern. God, I hope that wasn’t confusing as heck.... if you watch his videos there’s a couple where he goes thru the process. Good luck🥴 and happy crafting.
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Great job on the video tutorial, Liz!
I'm new to leather crafting and I'm learning from lots of people.
The vertical sheath for outdoorsman can benefit with a water weep hole at the bottom ... simply cutting a small section of the welt will work, or drill it ... but with your stitching going all the way around it may cause a problem unless stop stitching and start again on other side of hole [tooling design might camo it nicely]. so perhaps a small hole at the welt line just above the stitching and going out the sheath back only might be better? You see the problem right? Falling into the lake or stream has been known to happen ... If its cold out, believe me that getting the knife dry right away is NOT the immediate concern ... if survival is important anyway ... Ha!
Wow so beautiful......ummm the knife sheath.....yeah 😐💓
A small finish nail in the drill press sharpened up to a better tip will push through the leather when put in your drill press. Using the press for leverage.
Looks good
I recently bought some budget pricking irons from another company. After seeing this video I went to the store today and bought a set of the ones Liz used. They were a bit more expensive than my previously purchased set ... but still very affordable. However, the quality (finish) is FAR superior.
I’m keeping an eye out for those new edge bevelers.
That is awesome! You are going to be very pleased with these bevelers!
If chrome tanned leather gets wet it will bring the chromic acid out and pit even stainless steel knives. For sure it will rust the heck out of plain high carbon steel.
For the welt I get it glued on and cut the top even. I use my stitching chisel from the top down in a stitching groove. I put the same groove on the back and punch thru from both sides. Everything lines up perfectly, but then again I did build the B-2 bomber so precision comes easily to me..
Don't worry Liz, the head knife scares the hell out of me too. It's like having an assassin in the shop. I have one but I rarely use it. And when I do use it I never lay it down I always put it right back in its sheath.
Liz, et al; have you ever made a 'puukko' style sheath? One interesting thing about them, they don't have a 'belt loop', they have a leather loop that lets the sheath 'dangle' from the belt, so that it is free to move around, when, for instance, you get into your car, where a normal sheath often makes it difficult /uncomfortable to get the seatbelt fastened... I also, sometimes, slip the knife into my pocket.
I've never seen the wet molding after the sheath has been completely finished. This is a great idea and I will use this method in the future. Thank you for the tip and vid. The channel is great and I gladly subscribed and liked!!!
It is an awesome little trick that will really add to your sheath.
Sailrite is selling a battery powered thread burner that really makes the ends of the thread easy and nicer than a lighter.
Who actually sharpened the edge beveler for you? I'm so sick of getting new ones that require the buyer to create his own sharp edges.
Just a tip, good job by the way, if you get gum trag on your unfinished leather it dyes out very splotchy( some spots cant be dyed because it acts as a kind of resist). Dye your leather first... Or use pre dyed.
Good point! That is why sometime we will just gum trag it all.
Very nice work. Thank you.
Our pleasure!
Liz rocks!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for your tutorial.
Those arms 💪🏻💜 is that from leather working?!
Yes 😊
Hello, great video, thank you. What did you sat you glue your template to? it sounded like Bond tec? Thank you.
You are exactly correct.
What weight of leather do you recommend for a knife sheath
Depends on what kind of knife.
can you show how you made that inside belt loop? i have never seen that style before
Maybe we can get her back in here and do a follow up on that!
What kind of cloth are u using to burnish with
Canvas cloth...or an old pair of jeans cut up could work.
When will some one make a really amazing machete sheath.
Time to find a cool machete to make a sheath for!
Is that a jewelry making pliers without the teeth, so you don't mar up your needles?
That is correct. Something along the lines of these.
www.springfieldleather.com/Pliers-Lacing-w-Side-Cut
I have a terrible time trying to make a bolster. I end up wasting leather and it doesn’t look and fit right. Did I miss the part where you made the bolster? I’m confused.
Not sure what you mean by Bolster. We just made the sheath, but not the knife.
I’m sorry, I meant to say Welt. I just can’t figure out how
to make one that fits well enough to start with it.
@@kittykat999a we did go over that welt part, but if you need more help with it let us know.
And which tool are you using to poke through after the pricking iron? Name and part number?
It's a stitching awl.
There are different types of awl, but the stitching awl has a diamond shaped profile to the prong.
This is in fact a stitching awl.
www.springfieldleather.com/Awl-Stitching
She is sure prettier than those other fellas.
And smarter
@@claudiomenesesc Probably smells better too!
Would have liked to see more on how you actually create your paper template ... do it like you were showing an 11 year old how to trace it ... not 90 mph, but gently ... at 40 mph ... [maybe someone else? Ha!]
I do hope you guys are using masks when sanding the leather by machine or hand. Think Black Lung from coal miners. As far as I know leather does not dissolve when in the lungs and some data mentioned that in some cases folks have gotten seriously incapacitated with it.