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Quick update. The dies were indeed the wrong size. A new set of dies was sent out pronto and they work great. Great customer service from Tracy and company!

The pilot shaft of the eyelet on the set of dies I have is .1580" in diameter.

Tracy, Thanks for the reply. I will measure the pilot shaft tomorrow and see which size dies I have. The 8-8 eyelets are nowhere near snug on the pilot shaft. The dies and eyelets I bought from you are just fine, I am pretty sure I have either the incorrect die size or improprer...

This is how the dies are set up in my drill press. This is how I am putting the sheath with eyelets in between the dies I have everything set up like the video on the USAKnifemakers website video. I am beginning to think they sent me the wrong size.:(

Howdy everyone! I have not posted much here, but I have some kydex questions and this seems the appropriate place to ask them. I have begun working with kydex recently to try something new. I ordered the requisite materials including the custom dies from USAKnifemaker. For some reason I...

Dennie pretty much nailed it. I would advise also getting AL Stohlman's book "The Art of Hand sewing". You can get it from Tandy/Leather Factory, Amazon, or most leather supply places. TTHe Art of Hand Sewing is the reference book for hand sewing leather. I would also recommend any of...

Brown paste-type highlighter is used in Sheridan style leather carving. Any creme shoe polish can used as well. Many shoe repair shops have little jars of creme shoe polish, Meltonian is a popular brand, in many many colors. Here is a link to a site that sells these polishes so you can get an...

JZ, Thanks for the kind words. The sheath in the 4th picture down is a cross draw sheath. As for a tooled sheath I do basket weave and other stamped decoration, my leather carving is not to the point where I want other folks to see it.:steve: I have been working on a nicer version...

Thanks for the kind words everyone. :cool: I can see that the sheath sub-forum on this board is really active and full of information and good leather workers. I look forward to learning and contributing where I can.:biggrin:

I use a Cobra Class III. Sometimes I like to hand stitch as well.

Here are some pics of other leather goods I have made A belt for concealed carry A dog collar Some of the wallets I recently completed.

I posted in the introduction thread but I thought I would post an introduction here in the knife sheaths forum since that is my main interest. My name is Nick Garner and I make various leather goods mostly knife sheaths. Many of you know me from other forums. I like belonging to various...

I found this forum while looking around different knife forums. I recognize some of the other folks posting here. On other forums I am known as nick681 and Grunt. My main interest in knife forums these days is leather work and knife sheaths. Regards, Nick