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Offline Lewis Brookshire III

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Lets see your Sheaths
« on: March 19, 2008, 01:07:00 PM »
I have been making knives for a little while but just made my first couple sheaths. They came out really plain jane. I would like to see you guys Sheaths so I can get some ideas to spruce them up a little bit.
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Offline robtattoo

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Re: Lets see your Sheaths
« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2008, 03:48:00 PM »
Here's four to start off with....


 

 

 

 
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Offline Lewis Brookshire III

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Re: Lets see your Sheaths
« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2008, 04:13:00 PM »
Rob, I am glad you posted. I really was hoping you would. There was a knife a good while back, maybe a year ago that you posted on the Sponsers classifieds that I just loved the sheath. I cant remember what the knife looked like but I remember the leather left past the stitching was a little more than you normally would leave and it was kinda curvy and you had puts some sort of lines in it. Its very vauge in my mind btu I remember it was really nice.
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Re: Lets see your Sheaths
« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2008, 04:27:00 PM »


 

Here is a little cross draw sheath I just finished for my EBK.
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Re: Lets see your Sheaths
« Reply #4 on: March 19, 2008, 04:29:00 PM »
I posted these in other threads, but what the heck; you asked!

 

 
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Re: Lets see your Sheaths
« Reply #5 on: March 19, 2008, 07:34:00 PM »
Did you mean this one Lewis?

 
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Re: Lets see your Sheaths
« Reply #6 on: March 19, 2008, 07:38:00 PM »
If he didnt rob I did. That whole thing is flat out awesome! Donny Rowan got that knife right?<><
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Re: Lets see your Sheaths
« Reply #7 on: March 19, 2008, 08:16:00 PM »
nice work Rob!
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Offline Lewis Brookshire III

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Re: Lets see your Sheaths
« Reply #8 on: March 19, 2008, 08:40:00 PM »
I remember that one, Man that Olive wood was AWESOME!! But thats not the one I was talking about. I know you posted it before that one. It didnt have fringes it just had a bigger than normal section of leather left past the stitching and had some lines marked in the leather as a border.
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Re: Lets see your Sheaths
« Reply #9 on: March 19, 2008, 08:45:00 PM »
WoW! Love the fringe. If I remeber right Rob, you said you wouldn't do one like that again...it was too much work. Beautiful piece though.

Lewis, I couldn't sew leather if my life depended on it, but I sure do appreciate fine leather as much as a fine knife. Sometimes, it literally can make/break how useful...or pretty...a knife is as a whole.  I think you saw the one Bo Ballard did for Chase's knife:

 

 

 

While not nearly as fancy, Bo just finished this one for one of my favorite knives that had a $.05 sheath. Now, along with my diamond steel and Tippit crock stick (kinda like Rob's sheath above), it's ready for my trip to Australia next year. Bo said it was a "dadgummed utility belt".   :goldtooth:  

 

 

 
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Offline Lewis Brookshire III

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Re: Lets see your Sheaths
« Reply #10 on: March 19, 2008, 08:52:00 PM »
JC, that sheath for Chase's knife is probably the nicest sheath I have ever seen. The detail work is incredible! I really like the other one too, I hope you get to put that knife to work aussie style!

Rob I went over to the sponsers classifieds and the knife was still posted there, (I dont know why I didnt go look in the first place! LOL) Here is the link. I really like this sheath, simple but has a personal flare to it.

 http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=48;t=000262
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Offline tomh

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Re: Lets see your Sheaths
« Reply #11 on: March 19, 2008, 09:57:00 PM »
That Ballard sheath is some phenomenal leather work!
Wow...   :notworthy:
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Re: Lets see your Sheaths
« Reply #12 on: March 19, 2008, 10:17:00 PM »
Nothing fancy, but being made out of wet-formed 10oz leather means they'll likely outlast me!
 
 
 

Here's one I made for a knife my father put in the St Jude auction a few years ago:
 
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Re: Lets see your Sheaths
« Reply #13 on: March 20, 2008, 04:52:00 AM »
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Originally posted by Lewis Brookshire III:
Rob I went over to the sponsers classifieds and the knife was still posted there, (I dont know why I didnt go look in the first place! LOL) Here is the link. I really like this sheath, simple but has a personal flare to it.

  http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=48;t=000262  
Hah! I'd forgotten about that one. It's kinda nice to look back & remember how great I felt then, compared to how embarrassed I feel now!  :D  :D
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Re: Lets see your Sheaths
« Reply #14 on: March 20, 2008, 04:56:00 AM »
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WoW! Love the fringe. If I remeber right Rob, you said you wouldn't do one like that again...it was too much work. Beautiful piece though.

Those two of yours are just stunning Joe!

Thanks, by the way  :)  I guess I would do another, now that I have more of a clue what I'm doing, but it wouldn't be cheap!  :D  :D
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Offline Ray Hammond

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Re: Lets see your Sheaths
« Reply #15 on: March 20, 2008, 07:08:00 AM »
Beautiful work, all!

Rob, I like the effect on your first photo, Rob...where the color makes it look like woodgrain.

How'd you achieve that?
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Re: Lets see your Sheaths
« Reply #16 on: March 20, 2008, 07:32:00 AM »
I've only made one so far.  It turned out great, just a little plain.  It fits really well.
 
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Re: Lets see your Sheaths
« Reply #17 on: March 20, 2008, 08:16:00 AM »
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Beautiful work, all!

Rob, I like the effect on your first photo, Rob...where the color makes it look like woodgrain.

How'd you achieve that?
I wet the leather before I dye it & wipe the dye on with wide, overlapping strokes, making sure that I've got the overlaps double-coloured. Normally I wipe on the dye with small circular strokes to get an even coverage.
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Re: Lets see your Sheaths
« Reply #18 on: March 20, 2008, 10:05:00 AM »
Wow fellas!  Mine aren't even on the same playing field!  Sure is fun though....

One for a Helle blade kit (thanks Dryad!)
 

And one for my Helle Fire blade (best knife) before it was wet formed:
 
(with a fire steel loop)
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Re: Lets see your Sheaths
« Reply #19 on: March 20, 2008, 10:39:00 AM »
Here are the three I did for the swap.  The top one has a bison, the middle a mountain goat and the bottom one an elk.

This one I did for my son Cody for Christmas.  He promptly left the knife outside (on the ground) and we found it yesterday.  This picture was taken AFTER I cleaned it up. LOL
 

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