Thank the gods for this video, I've had such a bad time trying to make viking sheaths with brass! You're a saint

5:47 It is ill advised to wear gloves while working with your hand that close to any rotary tool. The tool can too easily grab the glove material and pull your hand it. As to the spin-out problem you referred to, the proper procedure is to secure the workpiece into a jig or a clamp to hold it securely while drilling. Great project, it turned out really nice. Thanks for the upload.

I dub thee “The Lost Footage Project.” Thanks for posting! One of my favourite projects you’ve done!

This is awesome. Great work!

On the end cap or the one around the sheath might suggest that you got a small piece of wooden dowel and gently tap the brass around it so that it form fits the cap and the other side

Crazy cool sheath, gives me a few ideas about my next knife and sheath build. Thanks sir.

Awesome work again. Been looking to fancy up the sheath I already have, but now I may just make a new one.

Once again sweet looking project. The metal incorporated with the leather looks so good ! Keep up the great work

I really like how you use brass to secure the edge of your sheaths instead of a standard Stitch, it eliminates the need for a welt thereby making the sheath thinner, nice touch

Great Work my Friend! I've recently started building knives and my wife bought me some leather working tools and I have gained a lot of knowledge and inspiration from your work, thanks and keep the videos coming.

Awesome work my friend. That's just the style of sheaths I love! Keep up the good work man.

Thanks for all the nice videos! They are a great source of inspiration! For past projects where I bent metal (usually thicker aluminum) I used a vise to clamp it. That secures the side of the metal in the vise and gives a clear edge to bend around. Of course use some other material around your metal to avoid scratching. I then took a flat surface (large wooden board usually and pushed the part that was standing out to the angle i needed. There are almost certainly proper tools for that, but almost everyone has some kind of vise and boards anyway.

When bending brass use a blowtorch to heat it up till its glows dark red- this will soften the material

Amazing friend, you are the best hope you continue with this type of work

Excellent tutorial! Beautiful workmanship!

going to expect to see a video demo in full garb at some point. I'd love to see how the design work on everything ties together.

Great video, thank you ! I tried to make that kind oh sheath some months ago, it was a real mess. I think I was going too fast, skipping some steps, and the brass I used was too thin. But thanks to you, I really want to try again !

Love the detail work. Would love to see more videos on Leather Tooling.

trying to craft a sheath for a Baltimore K&S Viking seax... your video helped tremendously... keep up the good work.

Men your work is amazing! Keep it that way and you will get far

Great techniques to add to the tool box

FYI The plastic gizmo with the sand paper strip is used for polishing guitar frets.

Amazing work.

Thank you!

very cool sheath. i think that i may make one similar for a seax that i'm forging. in the video you asked for advice for forming the brass for the tip of the sheath more easily. as a blacksmith i would have gotten a piece of material that is slightly more than twice the thickness of the leather so it will slip easily over the sheath. then i would heat the brass piece for the tip in the middle with a torch. this will make it more malleable. since brass has a relatively low tolerance for heat, you would have to heat it carefully in order to avoid overheating (over ~650 F), if it turns a coppery color then it was overheated and has started separating into the base metals and is effectively ruined. after that bend it around the material to get it to shape then set it aside to cool slowly, i would let it cool slowly since i'm not sure what quenching would do to the internal structure. also as a side note 650 F is the annealing temperature for softening brass.

Nice video thank you and thanks for being honest. (I would never have known) nice job.

Use sheet metal benders or a brake to make your metal bends crisp

Love the professional bendy device. Need one for my workshop. Any idea where I can order one? ... :) Great vid keep up the fun!

I recommend a metal break for all kinds of sheet metals

Just a tip for brass work. Brass work hardens. This means it hardens the more you work it, or as a result of you working it. Annealing brass is very easy, opposite of steal. Heat it up hot, and quench in water, will anneal it. More just advise in general for working with it. I know you didnt work it much, but a thinner gauge that cracked a lot, that is likely why. You would have to work it some, then anneal. Work it more, etc... But even your larger piece it wouldnt be a bad idea to anneal it so it is tougher for the end product.

Love it

Hey I'm thinking of getting into leather work and your videos have really helped give me an idea of what I will need, one suggestion though, you should add some Celtic background music to your videos! &I maybe do a longer presentation of the finished product at the end of your videos! You have great content you just want to keep people interested & engaged! Great work! :)

Cool.

+Dark Horse Industry Arts if you put the brass piece in a vice to begin the bend it makes it easyer and cleaner

I don't have a heat gun but I do have a hairdryer would that work?

Anneal the brass before you work it is one way to make it easier to bend.

take chisel hit on line that needs bending this will help bend use scrap piece first work everytime

The way I bend thin metals like this is I'll take a dull thin chisel or screw drive and hit it with a hammer at my bend point to make a weak point to where it'll bend just don't hit too hard and cut it

When I was doing metalwork in college I used a stone chisel to create a crease in the metal that usually got it to fold more cooperatively. Be gentle though... obviously lol. skäl!

wow!!

To have a straight bend , use a chisel and hammer and tap lightly. That should make it easier.

Where did you get that knife? Its beautiful.

Well done, looks really good! One critique for you though, your microphone audio for the voiceover could be a little bit louder. other than that really awesome!

Really nice :)

What gauge did you end up going with? I'm getting some 20gauge and hope it'll work out.

Planning to try somewhat similar which is Finnish and Karelian style late iron age sheath knife. I have some photos of knifes found on burial sites so i will copy as much from there as i can ;) Let's hope I don't make my ancestors or gods angry!

did you make or buy this knife. im really inspired to make the same setup

How about, like you did with the Raven knife sheath, you do the same darkening process on the metal for this sheath?

one question remains... where did he get that awesome knife from?

Please make a tutorial on the knife

Hey Magnus! just windered where you got the rivets from...

Friend of mine just asked me to make him a saxe sheath for his knife. This video was a bug help

Beautiful Craftsmanship if I may ask I’ve gotta Project coming up soon Forging a Seax and the Client wants a Similar Design with the Reinforced Brace and Rivets where can I find these Rivets if I may ask

@Dark horse Workshop Great work buddy but I wanted to point out that 5:48 You should never wear gloves when working with stationary shop machinery. The tool can easily get tangled with the glove and pull your hand into the machine causing serious injury. It is better to get a cut in your finger than to lose a hand. You will also find that using clamps and small vises to hold your piece is usually much safer than using your hands.

4:54 The jewellers sanding block, do you have a link for that by any chance?

Hi, what is the name of that cross strap pattern that you carved into the leather? I cannot find it anywhere... Thank you very much! :)

Fair job 😜😂🙄

You could have used a chisel for the brass

what size brass if not 24

Just for reference when he says you should be wearing gloves while using a drill press TRUST ME DON'T if they catch in the drill chuck its way worse then a cut from the brass. clamp your piece down and drill it but dont go through the mess I had to with the damage it caused me after it grabbed my glove and twisted my hand up in the drill breaking bones and tearing ligaments. 3 surgeries later I'm still not 100%. DONT DO IT!

Never wear gloves with machinery.

Really nice sheath but the knife doesnt match the sheath or the period. Micarta in the handle etc.

at least your professional bendy device works. if it were to be broken then your hole project would have failed.

Wearing gloves using machinery like a drill press or grinding wheel or anything like that is a bad idea. One little snag of the glove and you'll pay dearly. Not being a jerk, just trying to pass on safety knowledge. Awesome video though man.

never wear gloves using rotating tools

Not a seax. A Viking seax is sharpened on the opposite side as your knife. The edge would be on the bottom side of your sheath. Your knife is a tanto. Not very Viking.🔪🎸🇳🇴