Quick and Easy leatherworking project! Making a leather sheat for the big cleaver I restored last week. Real handy to have since a blade this big, heavy and sharp is quite dangerous to move around.
Here is the cleaver restoration video:
For those asking where to find tools:
I bought mine some years ago when I was starting to make leather sheaths. I went for the cheapest I was able to find. Have been working great so far! Can't find exactly the one I have but I listed some in my amazon storefront that are pretty much the same and any similar ones will work aswell.
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Index of operation and materials:
0:03 2mm (0.08inch) thick leather
0:17 Trace sheat shape
0:52 Makers knife works better @Giaco Whatever
1:57 Contact Cement (Contact adhesive)
2:40 Remove leather finish so the glue to grabs
3:30 Grinding edges flat and square
4:00 Beveling tool used to break the corners of the leather
4:49 Groover used to carve a place for the stitches
5:23 Fork punch used to mark and punch stitch holes position
5:57 Holes are then enlarged with a pointy steel nail or something similar
6:18 Stitching with waxed thread
6:46 Ends can be melted after triple stictch
7:00 Add simple button
7:47 Dyeing edges with brown leather dye, rubbing it on also makes the edges smoother
8:50 Also dyeing stitch groove, this dye does not affect waxed thread
9:16 Finishing edge with sating leather finish
9:51 Alcohol is used to rub off some of the finish of the leather, with the help of a rough rag. I like the look of the leather much more if it's not uniform
10:35 Finishing the leather sheat as the edge with dark brown dye and sating leather finish
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