How to Make a Leather Rifle Saddle Scabbard
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 พ.ย. 2022
- In this video, I show you how I make one of our Leather Rifle Saddle Scabbards.
These are a lot of fun to make and have a ton of room for tooling and artwork. They are not really difficult to make, they are just large and use a lot of leather.
As we always do, we do offer a pattern pack for this project. You can use the links below to go directly to our website to purchase your copy. We offer this in a PRINTED and a DIGITAL version. This is a large format printing so if you get the digital version, you will need to take it somewhere and have them print it out for you.
PRINTED VERSION: shop.dgsaddlery.com/products/...
DIGITAL VERSION: shop.dgsaddlery.com/products/...
Dude just drew an amazing oak leaf pattern directly onto the leather. sweet jesus.....
That tooling is beautiful!
Love your "Cheap Work" sign
The “thumbing down technique” for glue application was a good share. I feel like I’ll use that in the future. I enjoyed watching you sketch the tooling pattern. There’s something deeply satisfying about those organic curves.
Ive made a couple of those, i just wish i had your talent to freehand the carving patterns. Nice work.
Can't wait until I have more time to work in my leather shop. I have all the leather in stock now to make this awesome case! Kudos to Don for making another awesome instruction video for us dummies LOL.
I made a scabbard for a guy I work with. About the time I had it done, but no finish or straps on it, I had a little "episode" (stroke). He found out about it and came by to visit when I was at home recovering. I think what he really wanted was to get the scabbard...in case I died or something. Well, he took the scabbard off to his place. Later I found out he put it on his horse, with some old dry rotted straps from some other tack. Straps broke. Rifle slid out of scabbard, hit the ground. Sigh. I told him the other day that since I'm gonna live, he can bring it by and I'll make the straps.
Great video. Tips I wish I had when I made his (first I ever did). Thanks, Don!
A friend of mine would do a pack in hunt in Wyoming every year, and he insisted on carrying his rifle with the butt toward the butt of the horse. Long story short, they stopped to glass and he discovered that the scabbard had come loose on the back, and the rifle was gone. They did find his rifle about 2 miles back, but a pack horse had stepped on it, and it was broken in half. I carry mine on the off side, butt forward and as straight up and down as I can when on horse, and when canoeing, I duct tape a water skiers ski belt to the scabbard so my rifle will float.
Thank you, very nice work... you are talented for sure! Video very well done too! Bravo Don!
i think i have watched this video 8 or 9 times... its awesome
WOW! Very nice!
My 73 Carbine would look perfect in that style of scabbard.
Excellent job
Excellent video, Thank you!
awesome color on that. great job.
Fantastic job man! I’m learning so much from you.
If you redesign your scabbard just a little, the flap and scabbard are one piece. Nice work.
That is gorgeous!
I like that design; the flap will go a long way towards keeping pine needles, dirt, sticks and junk out of the scabbard. Having done a fair amount of riding and cowboying in the Sierra Nevada Range, (extremally rough country) that flap may not be quite enough to keep your rifle in if your mount pitches a good fit. It is quite common to end up in a hornet or yellow jacket nest even when on established trails. When that happens, you can have all your gear scattered over a pretty good distance. Just running down wily mother cows on open range will cause you to lose things out of saddle bags if they are your standard traditional bags.
really enjoyed watching this process tank you
From Uruguay good work , thencs
YOUR A MASTER OF YOUR CRAFT. I LEARNED TO MAKE HAIR ON HIDE HAND BAGS AND WALLETS. I COULD NOT DO IT WITH OUT A ROTORY CUTTER AND A LARGE CUT OUT MAT.
This is perfect! I had one of my coworkers just ask me if I made rifle scabbards this week!!!
Thanks you so much Beautiful. You made my heart smile! :)
Very nice looking thanks for sharing
that tooling is sweet work!
That looks pretty nice.
Looks excellent! Good work.
Don, I really enjoy & get great value from your tips & designs, Thank you !!! The simple way you go about your videos are fantastic & really assist with many of my projects. Please keep it going as you are a treasure of talent that helps so many of us crafters.
Great project, I will definitely be picking up this pattern! I would love a pattern that is geared toward modern bolt actions with larger scopes/turrets to accompany this one. I see a lot more of these-style rifles being carried in the woods rather than the old lever guns. I appreciate you taking the time to walk us through the process. Keep up the good work!
Beautiful!🤠
Thank you I enjoyed watching you I will order the paper pattern soon Great work
Gorgeous.
Great project,
Awesome ! 👌🏻👍🏻
Great job you’re so talented it hurts….😂
Excelente labor artesanal
Nice work indeed sir
Only thing I ever noticed about scabbards were the comment some guides made regarding their clients. They would notice if the client mounted his on the right hand or left hand of the horse... noting that it was not uncommon for an all day elk hunt to end at a place they would dismount for break or to establish camp and just as they dismounted ... that is when the game animal would present itself. Rifles on the left of saddle could be accessed, ===
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Excellent job. Love the oak leaf pattern. Have you thought about doing a video on how drawing the oak leaf pattern. I have you "floral drawing class" and loved to learn how to layout the oak leafs.
A cool project and another great build video.
Good pace, just the right amount of explanations (to me at least), and lots of detail camera work.
Could you or do you sometimes put a patch of thin leather over a rivet or fitting to keep it from scratching the rifle? Wouldn't be able to stitch it, so maybe it would fall off over time.
I hope the leather workers not familiar with firearms make sure the pattern will fit the specific one a customer has. They can vary a lot.
Thank you for doing what you do and for sharing it with the leatherhead community.
So long as you dont press hard, and you dont use sharp pencils, you can draw on the surface before you carve, and then erase your marks vefore you start tooling. I started drawing on my leather a couple years ago, and now I almost never draw on paper first. I just draw right onto my pieces.
genio........!!!
I’ve got the basket stamp and border stamps down but I’d love to get into the floral tooling! But free handing all of that is out of the question haha I can’t draw a circle much less an oak leaf!
You can trace the floral pattern using regular printed paper, after getting the pattern outline onto leather go over the outline with a swivel knife. Then you use your punches to give the outline definition
@@AlexT-md9df yea I need to just do it!
i'm leathercrafter since 1990, I never used a sewing machine.. And I never will.. putting olive oil can work but depent the quelity of your leather. yours is a better quality than mine. i buy it directly from an old tannery close to me, but it's more rough. adding olive oil could ruin the carving job. In fact, i have to harden my carving, instead of oiling it if i want it stay the same for long time. So i harden the carving parts before antique finish, then add some kind of grease like Sapo on the whole piece, to condition leather . i wish I had leather like yours.
I just ran across your channel and I'm interested. That is some nice work really nice work, good job. I did happen to notice one thing though. If this thing were to be used outside and they got caught in rainstorm or a lot of snow got down in there, how is it supposed to drain? Again good job. Stay vigilant!
Donde puedo conseguir el patron para cortar esa funda me podria proporcionar donde lo puedo adquirir
Very nice job as usual. I downloaded the pattern what scale do I tell the printers to print this at?
Why is it that not a single Scabbard has a D rings hook up or something for shoulder strap to carry the rifle on the back?
Would the flesh side take finish off a rifle? Would lining it be better?
Do you think you could use 7-8 doubled up or with elk hide hair on t to double up with?
Do you have any move printed versions. I checked online store it was sold out. Very nice by the way.
Is there a specific reason that you antiqued this after is was all assembled, instead of right after is was tooled?
What kind of knife is that in the beginning of the video?
Do you have templates or patterns for sale l am new at leather work and l really like your work make it look so easy
Do you not have to get it wet to stamp it? Is it better to?
Most of all I want to see your ranger belt pliz do the review plissssssszzz
What length barrel fits this pattern
How much is a scabbard . I have a Rossi lever action
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Not too sure how much to charge my customers on a project like this or any project.. any suggestions?
$500.
@@outfitr9703 thank you so much for responding.. that gives me a lot better idea on what to charge.. keep the great videos coming..
I agree. Especially to friends & family. 😎
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it's it made of wood? no? THEN IT'S NOT A SCABBARD IT'S A SHEATH 🤦♂️