Make a knife sheath Zero to Hero
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- Step by Step building this knife sheath. This is a Zero to Hero film showing that anyone can do this with a little patience and desire to succeed! Make a knife sheath from zero to hero is part 9 of the stock removal knife tutorial series. If you have any questions please feel free to ask me!
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I'm just getting into the hobby of knife making and sheath making. I find your step by step videos very helpful. You also have a great skill in your ability to teach people! Thank you so much for these videos!
Thank you Scott! That was an awesome compliment! Glad to have you here on the channel!
I made a stitching pony and it was pretty fun... I've even used it a few times. I'm going to use it again while watching this video!!! Thank you for the information!!!
Have you ever done a sheath for a ROUND handle with the knife tang off center [not in the middle of the round]? Was a kids camp project with a great blade, and what looks like a piece of 1" to 1 1/2" Dowel for handle that they free shaped with a rasp or something. Its a Keepsake sort of thing for 11 - 15 year olds ... [with parental supervision of course]. The sheath challenge is blade to edge of handle is 1/4" on one side and around 1/2" on the other with blade = 1/8" thick. Ha! knobby klobby klumpy.
After I glue the welt on I dye everything inside and out. You can't do that after you sew it all up. I dye the belt loop inside and out before gluing and stitching as well. Hard to dye inside the belt loop after it's stitched.
This is a great beginner guide to sheath making! I will progress thru the various degrees of difficulty with each new video! Subscribe the channel so you don't miss the new videos to come!
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I know I’m late to the party, but want to say what a great tutorial this is! Can I ask what thickness/gauge thread do you use for your stitching?
Thanks. 🙏🏼
You made the groove for the thread in the front of the knife sheath, where the rubbing of the thread is less probable, but in the back and where the sheath is always rubbed against the wearer's pants, you did not make the groove for the thread, interesting approach, but I never do that :) all the time where the thread has the possibility to be rubbed by clothes, I make a groove.
I have never had the thread effected in either case. I like to glue my sheath together first and then shore up the edges. I found when I cut a stitch groove on the back side I would sometimes miss the groove with my stitch and that looked really bad.
after making the holes for the wire, you can make the ditch and on the back guided to catch the holes inside the ditch
Great video good man thank you 🎉
a cuticle trimmer might be a good second option if you dont have a leather tool set for the fold
Nice tip Greg!
What an awesome video. You earned a new subscriber today!
Love it! Thank you, I hope you get more enjoyment out of my future uploads! Cheers
Muy buen trabajo, funda de aspecto fantástico para ese cuchillo. Lo único que veo es que debes tener un cinturón muy delgado para pasar por ese 'belt-loop' tan apretado. Saludos de Anaco, Anz.
yes more sheaths, bigger for a machette type blades, im hooked on you vids
Will do!
I find a solder iron works best for melting the stitches
That is a great idea!
Anyone watching this in the future, isn't hammer the bend. That's how you split the grain side, where all your durability and strength comes from. Instead, just wet the bend inside and let it sit for a few minutes. It will bend easily.
Huh, I never had the grain compromised by doing this. If I wet the leather first I get tooling marks that stay after it dries
Very educational, very nice knife sheath, loved the video
Thank you! That is great feedback a
Son muy buenos, eso cuchillos. Me gustaría comprar un , de q ciudad es usted. Yo soy cubano vivo en NJ, me gustaría si se puede obtener uno usted me diga el precio y el envío. Gracias. Es un excelente trabajo cuídese amigo.
Elegant👍
😊I'd be interested to know more about your knife, did you use a mixture of colours to get that finish?
Sorry.. meant to say knife sheath!!!
When using that type of glue do you find that you have to be cautious of squeeze out or does that likelihood diminish because of the tacking up?
It squeezes out
@@Aleeknives same with woodworking. Good to know!
This was an awesome tutorial. I actually fell asleep while watching someone else's tutorial that was only 20 minutes long. Your video was almost an hour long and it kept me entertained the whole way through.
Curious about one thing... So it is okay to apply the Super Sheen while the dye is still wet, or should it be dry? Thanks! Subscribed!
That was a great compliment! Thank you! I have had success using the super sheen on both wet and dry leather. I have actually used the super sheen on wet dye to help pull a little of the color out or to help blend colors. I would like to note that I am using water based dye and have no experience with oil dye. Thanks for watching these videos!
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Not bad at all
how thick is your leather?
Is this a saddle stich?? Technicly yes. It is proper and good looking. Defenitly not. There is so much more to a proper saddle stich than just to earn a stiching horse.
Even with just a propper diamond awl, and a vise you can make really beautiful saddle stiches. So i learnd from my saddle maker master.
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36:12 I tried that but unfortunately my balls got squeezed between my thighs!!!... Extremely painful!!!
Great video thank you!
For a minimalist sheath its quite beautiful. The leather works great with the scales on the knife. I was a bit surprised you where able to get this level of quality using such simple tools. Another informative and entertaining video. Thank you for posting.
You are welcome George! Glad you liked it!
Where do your get your leather and how do you know what weight and kind? I am fully ignorant to all the terms so when I go on a website and there are 7 different kinds all with different weights im totally lost lol Thank in advance!
Leather is difficult! When I started I would go to my local tandy leather and put my jands on the hides to get a real feel. Mostly I ise 10-12oz veg tan sides
What size drill bit gives that hole size? Pass thru looks fast without catching the other thread. Or is it the artificial sinew that allows that?
The sinew is waxed so that helps but the whole size is just slightly larger than the needle itself. The drill size would depend on your needle.
Please i want knife your's made, but I not money to buy, I'm from indonesia please give me one.. please
Ok
i appreciate your teaching style. always practical, always helpful, always relevant - i think i have learned more from you than from any other knife maker on TH-cam. thank you!!
Man that is awesome! Thank you
Great tutorial, what thickness hide do you use? Thanks
10-12 oz from tandy
@@Aleeknives do you know roughly what thickness that measures? I have some 4mm and was wondering if that would be ok? Thanks 🙏🏼
If you're using anything other than artificial send you I recommend dying your leather first and then stitching so that you do not dye your stitching.
True! Artificial sinew resists dye but only because it is waxed so all waxed thread will also resist the dye
I have a question: How did you get the knife sheath pattern you traced on at the beginning?
Also, this is the most helpful tutorial for this I've seen, and you really got me into it. I saw it pop up on my home page, and I clicked on it. After that I though, this is pretty cool, I want to do that. So, huge thanks to you!
I have a Rambo knife that i wanna do a better sheath, great video..
Awesome!
Would like to see you using a particle stopping mask on the sander. Leather will not dissolve in the lungs and people have gotten incapacitated from it ... similar to cutting antler, bone, etc. Do work in PPE. You and your family will appreciate it in the long run.
Your stitching holes look quite big to me,but, I can see why you do that, I'm persevering with the stitching chisels and awl but getting the holes square is a mission, I may yet give your method a go, think I would prefer slightly tighter holes though, great video anyway..
The only thing I take exception to is drilling the stitch holes. I prefer using a stitching/pricking iron. It's a relatively inexpensive tool that will make the stitching cleaner. If not a stitching iron, then use an awl. Just my opinion.
I made a couple knives now and they are sitting around with no sheaths. I watched this video and feel I can make my own sheaths now too. Thank you so much!
Let the force be with you!
Hey great video… question for you, could Ipossibly purchase the knife and sheath from you?
I need the pattern template video
I was half listening when he said (49:55) "...let the supersheen set up for just a minute and then you burnish it..." What I though I heard was "...and then you burn the s#it..."
What type of cutting mat are you using I've tried a few different kind and always end up cutting through them..thanks in advance
Um, omg, why are you not protecting that knife with that completely wet leather covered in super sheen and dye???
Hi!.
if you happen to see this, i have a question.
does the super shene help the leather to keep its form after shaping it around youre knife? i was taken aback by how well the sheath took the shape of youre knife in so short a time. how, or what assists in the leather to retain the shape you form it to?
thanks for all the knife education videos, they are pretty awesome!
Why not dye before gluing and sewing?
You can go that route also
I know I'm 6mths behind the curve, but I sure would like to see more of your leather work in the future. Great job, I learned a few things. Thanks
Where do I get black handle pins?
The black pins come in either paper micarta or canvas micarta. Some also made of G10
Leave the bottom a little water drainage opening because it sometimes rains.
Great job Great teaching Sir 👍 👏 👌
could you vacuum pack to get the shape?
You absolutely could but it would also pull moisture into your handle scales and could possible cause harm to the knife
wait is there a reason you prefered punching your stich one by one on this project rather than using a pricking iron
I can actually smell that right now!!👌🏻
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Boom👊🔥🔥🔥👊
Love your drilling for straight stitching
Big thanks for this excellent DIY 👏 👌
Your welcome! Cheers
First off, nice video, beautiful knife, the handle scales are really nice. I think you skipped the first step though, my first sheath failures came from not knowing how to measure the pattern to the knife and making the pattern a bit too small for the thickness of the knife. Demonstrating how to measure out the pattern would have made this video A-Z. Thanks for the great work!
Thanks for the input!
Yes, a video on patterns 👍
Will do! I just launched a new sheath video 5 minutes ago!👊 let me know what you think
I use old putty knives, wooden handles, cut a blade out, shapen it
I just stain everything before I glue it. It works for me.
The leatherwork is great but- where did the template come from?
"how do you like that shot" 😂😂😂 great videos man, thanks!
Thanks for the video buddy, going to try this 👍🏼
I know it's probably been asked already. Would it be possible for you to post a link to the tools you use to make the sheath? Razor blade gouging tool just all the tools you're using in this video. I see in the links you have the metal ruler but no other tools thank you very much... Love the channel
Thanks for enjoying the content! The reason why I don't have links for these tools is because I bought them all from Tandy leather and they don't have any direct links.
You sound a bit like Zachary Fowler. Haha!
I love your videos! Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Thank you so much! I have some really neat new ideas coming up
Most helpful knife building site on the Web. Thankyou!
Rhank you Paul! Appreciated
How is it that the dye doesn’t not change the color of your stitching? Is it because you used sinew? I always have to stitch mine after the dye process. Thanks! Great channel!
I use waxed thread
The more glue he uses, the more entertaining he becomes :) Just kidding, bloody awesome video, very encouraging, motivating
and informative! Keep up the great work!
😂🤣 I always did love the smell of modeling glue😂🤣
excelente trabajo y video. congratulaciones desde ARGENTINA. un gran saludo.
Thank you!
Airin,
What type and thickness of leather do you have here?
I want to make a sheath for my first hand made knife 👍
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8 to 10 oz leather. However you could go a little thicker if you wanted to but I don't feel the need to. Good luck! Cheers
Awesome video. Got to tell you. I just finished my EDC full build. Cut out, bevel grind, heat treat, normalizing, final sanding, ferric chloride finish and making the scales. I just used some Home Depot common steel. I didn’t want to waste good steel on a confidence build. It’s definitely harder after the heat treatment. Made some mistakes, had to modify some equipment and managed a Hail Mary save. It turned out fantastic. Now ready to step up the game. Just watched this video as a review for the sheath. Thank you for the outstanding instructional and motivating videos. Keep up the excellent work Brother.
You bet Robert! Glad to jave you here with all of us!
Thanks for fixing my drift.
this whole video you reminded me of Bob Ross.
Where do you get your leather? And thank you. This series has helped answer so many of my questions . About to retire from Army and trying to establish my shop for knife making now that i will have more free time!!!!
Thank you for your service! I buy my leather from Tandy
Informative for sure, and definitely for those of us that don't have all the tools.
you know, if you get it wet, you don't need to hit it so hard and mark up the leather with your hammer
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what size drill bit do you use for those holes? Maybe i missed that in the video.
I use a drill slightly larger than the needle. The drill size would vary depending on needle and sinew size.
Great video lesson for fast and leather working for easy results. Great teaching style showing your own joy and enthusiasm in manual work an craft....had a cup of coffee and will now in my working room in the basement:-saturday afternoon :-) Thanks a lot!
Thank you! It really is a passion for me. Cheers
Where do u get ur leather
Tandy
Very informative. Enjoy your videos. What weight leather do you use for your sheath's?
I like 8 to 10 oz weight leather unless I am wrapping kydex then I use 5-6oz
You can make a stitching pony easily; especially with your talents. Grab a used wooden chair for platform and work your way up. The end does not have to be 'curved', the bolt clamp needs be only apart from the jaws enough to handle the work you are doing ... or make more than one hole for the bolt ... I made one and adapted the one I bought to actually work properly ... no problem ... go for it.
I like that knife too, because of that knife I subscribed to your channel ))
I love this! Thank you, if you liked this one the new series I am working in will definitely light your fire! Cheers
Hey enjoyoing the series a lot. Am not a blacksmith or woodworker but love this art and always happy to learn new things. Learnt alot from your videos full of information and useful tips.👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you, I am glad you have enjoyed it! Thanks for watching! Cheers
I discovered that when purchasing leather shoulders, sides, etc ... the price was for the entire piece of leather ... before it was split to my choice ... so I simply asked for the split along with the leather I had ordered and it was sent. The split appears ideal for welts since it has two rough surfaces ready made to accept glue. Other uses might also be found, but don't know of any beyond the layering aspect. Just saying ... it saved me cutting nice grain leather for splits in the sheath I was working on. Comment?
You offered a wonderful tip when you explained the reasoning for laying a straight stich line on the belt loop. I had not considered that the diagonal stich would cause the sheath to lean on your belt. Such a simple tip that I have not heard explained in any other video really helped me to understand the process. Thank you!
I am glad you liked it
Good job A÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷
Thank you!
phenomenal. i know one day you will have a million subscribers
Appreciated
Why not coat/paint the leather after you cut it out?
You could do that
@@Aleeknives okay I was wondering because I want to get into this sort of stuff but I have never done this before.
The one downside to dying it before would be that if you have to trim any leather off to Square up your edges the part that you trimmed off would be a different color. Then it would just need to touch up. Also until you put a finish over your dye the dye rubs off on your hands so working with it until you put a finish on it will turn your hands to color or the dye
@@Aleeknives ah okay I was wondering if instead of triming it of you can just "heat tread" the leather extra on those parts. The rubbing with the metal thingy.
Maybe a dumb question, but what is the grid surface you are cutting on? I see that you're not worried about cutting through it and it looks a lot nicer than trying to cut on cardboard!
I use a cutting mat that you can get from any craft store like Joanne's or Hobby Lobby
@@Aleeknives Thanks! I'll go check it out. Very much appreciate you responding here. Love your videos!
Thanks to your tutorials I made my first complete knife. It's an electrician's knife for my son-in-law, from a nickel stainless circular saw blade. I was amazed how many of your tips I remembered and, at least, tried to use. I made the handle from osage orange with a bolster of my homemade micarta. It has a wire stripping choil and a chisel grind, which was harder to do than I expected. I made a grinding guide like you use but at some point it slipped and gave me the only obvious error I couldn't recover from. Next up, make a sheath for it. Thanks so much.
inspiration! That is so cool! This is the best type of comment! One that solidifies my efforts as a TH-cam creator!
Dang, this dude is better than Leather Tuscadero!🐄
Thank you!
Nice
Thank you!
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He makes it himself
Easy and simple, thanks for the tips
You are welcome!
Awesome video. Really glad I found your channel. That handle looks great 👍
Thank you! Glad you liked it
Gorgeous! Love the handle material especially!
Where do you source your wood from?
Thank you! This particular peice I saved from the burn pile😉
Oh man! People like you make learnings easier! Thanks to help me to improve my skills!
You are so welcome Aleix!
Beautiful knife and very nice sheath. Thanks for the detailed information.
When I first got started doing leather work, I didn’t have a stitch groove tool. I used a fork for both making a line and mark stitches. It works really well and it’s something everyone has at home already
I can't remember where I read it but someone suggested cutting the head off a finishing nail and using it instead of a drill bit in a drill press to punch stitch holes....game changer! No bits of leather to mess with and it burnishes the holes so it easier to stitch.
That is a super cool IDEA! I will definitely give that a try!
I have used it on my last two sheaths... and I will not go back to a drill bit. One thing I did not mention was I did sharpen the point a bit on the nail.