I have come to realize that my leather working skills are severely lacking. So, today, I was working in the shop and stressing about sheath making. I decided to give some wooden sheaths a shot.
Just another route to take. I pinned the wooden loop with some 1/8 inch pins as if I was putting scales on a knife to strengthen it.
Those look pretty cool!!!
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I do like those Chad. Somewhere on this forum is a tutorial by Karl Anderson on wooden sheath making. There are also other ways to do the belt loop with a much thinner piece of wood or antler lashed to the wooden body with lacing. This was a popular method in the early medieval -Viking era. I have a photo or two of the style. I will see if I can find it for you.
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I do like those Chad. Somewhere on this forum is a tutorial by Karl Anderson on wooden sheath making. There are also other ways to do the belt loop with a much thinner piece of wood or antler lashed to the wooden body with lacing. This was a popular method in the early medieval -Viking era. I have a photo or two of the style. I will see if I can find it for you.
Thanks, I will look for the other thread. I plan on changing things up for the belt loop/ clip. Those three are kind of prototypes that I whipped together in about 2 hours.
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Thanks, I will look for the other thread. I plan on changing things up for the belt loop/ clip. Those three are kind of prototypes that I whipped together in about 2 hours.
And a fine job you did in that 2 hours.
Here is one on a sword. It's a very elaborate piece of work, (I couldn't find the simpler ones) but I just want to show you the idea of making a curved and skinny loop fastened to the wooden sheath with lacing or cord.
Joshua States
www.dosgatosforge.com
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdJMFMqnbLYqv965xd64vYg
https://www.facebook.com/dos.gatos.71
Also on Instagram and Facebook as J.States Bladesmith
“So I'm lightin' out for the territory, ahead of the scared and the weak and the mean spirited, because Aunt Sally is fixin’ to adopt me and civilize me, and I can't stand it. I've been there before.â€
