The making of a leather sheath with inlay by kiara ( graphic sequence)

[ziozeb]

All sheaths of my knives are made by my wife Kiara.

This is her technique

a model o the sheath made of hard paper is shaped

the welt

from paper to leather

dampen the leather with water in order to transfer the motif on the leather

preparing the strap

in order to soften stingray leather sheath and make workable sink it in water nightime

polishing the profile

Styngray leather is very hard to be worked , so you must sand it to remove the keratin layer

Enlarge holes for sewing

decorate with punch

making of upperboard and internal cover

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finishing external side of the sheath ( smoothing and polishing)

The sheath is done

 

[BrandonM]

Excellent post! Thanks for sharing.

 

[arock]

That's very cool thanks

 

[KenH]

WOW - that's a nice sheath, and you make it look so easy that even I could do that by following your directions...... BUT, I know it's not that simple - lots of talent 'n skill went into that sheath. Way cool. Thank's for posting.

Ken H>

 

[BossDog]

great pictorial.
Thanks for posting it.
really nice sheath..
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[JPSWorks]

This is a great looking sheath. This also reminds me that I need to make two sheath that I've been putting off.

Really good tutorial, thanks!