Rawhide sheaths

[senseisugarbear]

very nice work.. I thouht you mentioned it was deer hide.that thing will wear like iron, Probably out last all of us.

 

[GYJ]

Thanks folks, for the kind words.

You do some very fine work. Make your own patterns? This will be a really great project for me in the near future.Thanks for sharing.

Yes, I do nearly all my own patterns. Knife sheaths are always one-offs. I've used some of Will Ghormley's holster patterns but always tweak them.

 

[Tacitus]

Your craftsmanship is exceptional.

 

[GYJ]

Thank you!

 

[Dances With Coyotes]

Awesome work

 

[Two Feathers]

You're right there, stiff as a wood board. I thought I wanted rawhide but leather is flexible and sort of conforms to the knife. Does anyone know if beaver tails were used for sheaths by mountain men. The later cowboys had them but not sure about pre-1840.

Red Owl:
Howdy. I made a small patch knife sheath out of a tanned Beaver Tail but it go NO interest even WITH a very nice drop point patch knife? I thought it looked "unique." Guess I was the only one?
God bless:
Two Feathers

 

[Red Owl]

Years ago I trapped two pretty good sized beavers. I saved the tails for a knife sheath but never got around to it. Some of the 1870-1880 cowboys had beaver tail knife sheaths but not sure about pre-1840. The leather is sort of scaly, not sure how well it will stand up over time.

 

[GYJ]

Don't remember where I got it but somewhere I found some vegetable tanned beavertails and bought two. Still haven't used them yet. I thought they were cool because they'd take any color you wanted.

 

[BozoMiller]

Who has those cones with the hair in them, or do you make your own?

 

[GYJ]

Who has those cones with the hair in them, or do you make your own?

I've gotten tin and brass cones from all over the place. I age them with various methods. Sometimes cold blue, sometimes muriatic acid and bleach. The horse hair came from Crazy Crow. You have to put all that stuff together.