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Main Discussion Area => Primitive Skills => Topic started by: Don on April 12, 2013, 08:28:51 pm

Title: Primative rawhide sheath
Post by: Don on April 12, 2013, 08:28:51 pm

 For an obsidian neck knife.
Nothing special just rawhide, natural paint, and a few beads.
The blade I didn't make so won't show that.
(http://imageshack.us/a/img689/4926/001rbar.jpg)

Title: Re: Primative rawhide sheath
Post by: lostarrow on April 12, 2013, 08:34:30 pm

Ahhhhhhhh, a man of many tallents.Nice work! Nice peashooters in the background,too.

Title: Re: Primative rawhide sheath
Post by: half eye on April 13, 2013, 06:00:04 pm

Man Don,
      just caught this post, that sheath looks like it came right out of a museum. Especially like the lacing and twisted fringe, very nice
rich

Title: Re: Primative rawhide sheath
Post by: lostarrow on April 13, 2013, 11:36:19 pm

How do you do those twisted fringes?

Title: Re: Primative rawhide sheath
Post by: Don on April 13, 2013, 11:48:12 pm

Just wet them, twist, and hold in place till dry.
I've found some leathers hold the twist better then others.

Title: Re: Primative rawhide sheath
Post by: jeffhalfrack on April 14, 2013, 12:50:10 pm

WOW!  Hey  Don  thats  nice!,   how about a  how to?   I 've been  making a few knives and I stink at sheaths,,, could I  make  a  molded one and  paint it for  wheather proofing?   Thanks   JeffW

Title: Re: Primative rawhide sheath
Post by: JW_Halverson on April 14, 2013, 03:13:07 pm

Very fine sheath, even if you don't wanna show the blade. 

Looks like a smoothbore and a rifled gun on the rack there.  Can I lean on you to post some pics of the rest of those sulphur belching charcoal burners over in "Around The Campfire"?  You will find that plenty of us are fond of the front-stuffers.

Title: Re: Primative rawhide sheath
Post by: Scowler on April 14, 2013, 08:54:54 pm

Beautiful sheath.

Title: Re: Primative rawhide sheath
Post by: lostarrow on April 14, 2013, 10:00:49 pm

Thanks, Don.I'll have to give that one a try!

Title: Re: Primative rawhide sheath
Post by: Don on April 14, 2013, 11:22:20 pm

Quote from: jeffhalfrack on April 14, 2013, 12:50:10 pm

WOW!  Hey  Don  thats  nice!,   how about a  how to?   I 've been  making a few knives and I stink at sheaths,,, could I  make  a  molded one and  paint it for  wheather proofing?   Thanks   JeffW

Jeff. Use a dog bone, nice and thick. Put the sheath together wet. Wrap your knife with plastic wrap and put it in the sheath.
You'll have to work at forming it as it drys. But when dry you have a good solid sheath that the knife fits snugly. The paint my not give you much water proofing. I would try maybe pitch vanish after dring and painting.
It's not hard just takes time.

Title: Re: Primative rawhide sheath
Post by: Don on April 14, 2013, 11:23:07 pm

Quote from: JW_Halverson on April 14, 2013, 03:13:07 pm

Very fine sheath, even if you don't wanna show the blade. 

Looks like a smoothbore and a rifled gun on the rack there.  Can I lean on you to post some pics of the rest of those sulphur belching charcoal burners over in "Around The Campfire"?  You will find that plenty of us are fond of the front-stuffers.

I would be glad to if it don't break any rules.

Title: Re: Primative rawhide sheath
Post by: lostarrow on April 15, 2013, 12:51:46 am

That's what "around the campfire " is for!  Most on here are quite well rounded in their interrests. As most people with a do-it-yourself  attitude, we all have more hobbies than time ;). I'd love to see them as well.

Title: Re: Primative rawhide sheath
Post by: Pappy on April 15, 2013, 08:51:42 am

Now that is sweet,got to love that.Nice work. :)
   Pappy