Secrets!
John, great tutorial you have here! John passes on information gathered over more than 7 years of making these rawhide sheaths. In this tutorial, John shows all phases of construction, plus different methods of attachment of the horse hair, tin cones & beads all on one sheath.
Working the rawhide included softening, coloring/antiqueing & sealing, plus fitting & stitching the rawhide over a heavy leather sheath base. John uncovered many "secrets" of making the leather sheath base & shows all the tools needed for this project being used at combat speed. He shows the when/where/& how to combine all these materials & gave credit to several noted rawhide sheath makers, as well as the many sources he uses for everything from the leather & rattlesnake buttons to the period correct beads & brass tacks. Thanks, John! Boxer Bill..........:running dog: