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Article: How to make a leather knife sheath for a 'James Knife'

Making a leather knife sheath for a 'James Knife'
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How to make a leather knife sheath for a 'James Knife'

One of the benefits of being a craftsman, is making custom orders. The cherry on the cake is when we receive a product as the James knife.

As they say at The James Brand: 

We make products for your everyday.
We make knives and tools for people who live adventurously - for people like us. For those who aren’t content consuming other people’s stories, and who don’t wait around for other people to fix things. We're with you, from the pocket to the hand, and back again.

So definately this will fit Duke & Sons.
Here is the visual story of 'the making of the James Knife leather sheath'

The beautiful James Knife | Duke & Sons Leather
Making the mold for the James knife Sheath | Duke & Sons Leather
First we use a piece of Forex and draw the outline of the knife.
using a jigsaw to make the mold | Duke & Sons Leather
Using a jigsaw to make a mold.
Sanding the mold's edges | Duke & Sons Leather
Sanding the edges of the mold.
cutting a piece of vegetan leather | Duke & Sons Leather
Cutting a piece of vegetan leather.
Soaking the vegetan leather | Duke & Sons Leather
Soaking the vegetan leather.
wrapping the James Knife in foil | Duke & Sons Leather
Wrapping the James Knife in foil.
Positioning the soaked leather and the mold | Duke & Sons Leather
Positioning the soaked leather and the mold.
Clipping the mold and let it dry overnight | Duke & Sons Leather
Clipping the mold and let it dry overnight.
Dry and in the perfect shape | Duke & Sons Leather
Dry, and in the perfect shape.
Cutting the other parts | Duke & Sons Leather
Cutting the remaining parts.
Dying the leather | Duke & Sons Leather
The dying process take several stages to get the expected color.
Dying done and dry overnight | Duke & Sons Leather
Dying is done and now we let it dry overnight.
Finishing the leather | Duke & Sons Leather
Finishing the leather with a thin, acrylic, top finish that will give it a medium shine and provide some water resistance.
Buffing for some extra shine | Duke & Sons Leather
Buffing with a good brush for some extra shine.
Adding the belt loop | Duke & Sons Leather
Adding the belt loop.
Adding leather glue to all parts | Duke & Sons Leather
Adding leather glue to both parts, let it dry for a while and stick together.
Sanding the edges | Duke & Sons Leather
When parts are fixed we sand the edges.
Beveling the edges | Duke & Sons Leather
Beveling the edges.
Marking the stitch holes line | Duke & Sons Leather
Marking the stitch holes line.
Punching the stitching holes | Duke & Sons Leather
Punching the stitching holes using the Crimsonhides pricking iron 4mm (see my blogpost: https://www.dukeandsonsleather.com/blogs/maker-stories/handstitching-pricking-iron-chisel-looking-for-the-perfect-stitch)
ready for the next step: edges | Duke & Sons Leather
Ready for the next stept: sanding, dying and burnishing the edges.
Burnishing the leather edges | Duke & Sons Leather
Burnishing the edges together as one.
Handstitching the leather knife sheath | Duke & Sons Leather
Handstitching with Crimsonhides Japanese Polyester thread.
(https://crimsonhides.com/collections/leathercrafting-supplies/products/mbt-polyester-threads-0-5mm-70m)
adding an extra rivet | Duke & Sons Leather
Adding an extra rivet at the top corners.
The handmade leather James Knife sheath | Duke & Sons Leather
Done! The handmade leather James Knife sheath!

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