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I made my own guide using two pieces of hardened steel. Maybe two inches long by an inch wide. Drill two holes in them on the ends and use a small bolt and nut to clamp it to your blade. Presto. Cost you nothing, lol.

That thing is wicked. Love it

Ernie made mine as well.

I like it a lot. That curve back towards the finger looks scary, lol.

Very cool

It's fairly soft, I stabilized a batch of scales that I cut

Very nice. I have a local wood shop that has it in board lengths.

I'm interested in knowing who the other Houston area knifemakers are. I can't find any local guys to chat up. I'm in Houston, but we were not affected, luckily.

wow

my machine will do 3/4" of leather with no issues

I use an old cell phone charger, lol. Cost me nothing. Buddy of mine rigged it up. Couple of alligator clips and good to go...

So you drill it twice?

That's pretty much how I did it, but I glued top and bottom with welt. Shaped on sander then ran the groove once the edge was shaped. Then I would drill. But for some reason, the drilling would never match up. hand stitching you are able to pull that stitch really tight and kind of set it...

I usually groove the top only, I've never had good luck with the stitches mating up with the bottom groove. With hand stitching or machine lol.

yes Ted I groove the same you do, with the guided groover right? Then I use that line for my stitch guide.

I hand stitched my first 2 belts. And then I decided I wanted a machine. Once I got the machine, knocking out holsters takes about 10 minutes. My style sheath with stitch on one side, takes about 6. Not gonna argue the quality of one stitch against another, but quality of time and life beats...

hmm Mike, I'd like to see a final product. Ted, I actually have never even thought about splitting the leather. I'm gonna avoid the strap for now, lol. But I'm gonna play around with some different methods now.

Maybe I'm confused about laying in a groove. I mark my groove line, and follow my stitch in the line. Therefore my stitch is recessed. Is that what we are talking about? If we are, then any machine will set the stitches in a groove, you run your groove line first.

I cringe when I add a strap, and the back side of the snap touches the knife handle. That's why I rarely ever use a strap and snap. I've always designed a retention method much like a holster instead. Post a pic of how you do it, I'm interested in the method.

I recently bought a Boss stitching machine. You can set them in a groove, I do it every day. That being said, I'm still learning how to start and finish stitches, they don't come out as clean as hand stitching. But other than that learning curve, the stitches are clean, they set into the...