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Thanks!

Thanks! I am making some for sale by order, so if your ever interested, shoot me an email to wyomingwright@gmail.com

Ok thank you man! I would love to order some from you! For dad, my brothers, guys I work with. If I was gifted a sheath like this, let me tell you I would be blown away sir! Keep up the great work and will email you!

Thank you. I appreciate the support!

Glad you found something helpful. I usually sew the top of the loop on the sheath first, then sew around the sheath until I get down to where the bottom of the loop folds to. Then I’ll fold it down and sew the bottom. It’s a little tricky with a double stitch. I have seen some people cut the back of the sheath with a long tab such that it can be folded down and used as the loop. I’ve toyed with the idea, but I like to have two layers of leather on the back and I like to have the flesh side inside the loop.

@@wyomingwright Hi sorry for the late reply, thank you very much for this tip and all your support and your very helpful videos and the techniques and advice, included in them. The leather hide I have is not as heavy/ thick as yours so I have cut twice as many pieces cut to size then glue them together before I start to assemble the piece, I have used this method frequently and it works well. Thank you again and I will let you know how I get on. Take care Sam

I actually like sheaths built that way. It’s nice to have the smooth side of the leather on the inside of your sheath. It’s just harder to work with that many layers of leather.

@@wyomingwright Thank you again, l am looking forward to watch your future videos Take care Sam

😁 glad you noticed

That is generous, thank you!

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No I haven’t but I’d love to

I’ve found it’s gotta be up around 130-150 F to melt the wax mixture again. So unless you leave it on the dash, I think it’d be fine. I’ve tried a lot of combos. I have kinda settled on 60-70% bees wax. The more tallow you use, the lower the melting point and the lighter the color of the leather. I think you’d be good anywhere between 45-75% bees wax. If I have projects with moving parts like flaps and snaps, I decrease the amount of bees wax to allow more flexibility in the leather.

@@wyomingwright Thank you so much for the information. It will be very helpful. I have been doing leather work for a while, but recently really started diving into sheaths, and enjoy doing them. I do some other leather items, that I may consider trying the wax on. Just have to figure out which ones !! LOL

No. But it does make a nice solid base for the sheath. I’ve started using a single layer of 8-9 oz leather on the back with the loop integrated, folded over, and sewn on the bottom.

Thank you! It is Maine Thread braided waxed cord. Burnt orange 0.3”. I really like their thread.

about 5 oz seems to be a good balance between thickness and mold-ability

Hi Mark, thanks for your comment. I will try to include some of your questions in a future video. I use about 4.5 or 5-oz leather. Much thicker than that and it is difficult to wet mold details into the leather and sewing 4 layers becomes very cumbersome. 2 or 3-oz leather just feels a little flimsy, although the leather does stiffen up substantially after dipping in wax. So I try to shoot for the 4.5 to 5-oz zone. I do wet the leather before molding, I just didn't show it in this video to keep it a little more concise and because I've shown it in some of my previous videos. My work bench has a piece of rubber mat that is cut from a large 3'x4' mat that folks put in the bottom of their horse trailers. They are inexpensive and very durable. I also have an old rail anvil that I use for setting rivets and punching holes (not shown in this video). Thanks for your questions! I hope this helps.

Yes it does drain out pretty well. If you leave the sheath in long enough for the leather temp to come up, after you pull it out, the wax runs off or soaks in. Sometimes you have to reach in with a toothpick on the seams to pull some out. Or I have also put them in the dehydrator at 140 F for a bit and that allows any excess to run off or soak in.

Thank you! Not yet. But it’s my intention to by this summer.

Maine thread company

I'm not sure the size of the needles, I got them too long ago and didn't keep a record. Found them on amazon. The thread is braided waxed thread from Main Thread Company. I've used both their .03" and .04" thread and like them both a lot. Lately I've been using the .03" more. I don't use snaps very often and can't recall a specific size. I need to buy some more, though so I should probably look into that. I get my tools from wherever I can find something decent and affordable. There's actually quite a bit on Etsy these days. I get my leather from Montana Leather Company

Yep, it’s a saddle stitch. You can do a lot of leather work with a simple saddle stitch. Good luck 👍🏼🍀

Usually 4-5 oz. You can use thicker leather for the back of the sheath if you want, but for wet molding, it gets difficult to work the leather around the fine details on a pocket knife. I’d use thicker leather on a holster or maybe on a bigger knife.

I do. You can email me at wyomingwright@gmail.com

Hi! It is about 5 oz leather. I dipped it in a mixture of bees wax and beef tallow heated in an electric crock pot.

It is the Maratac XL peanut lighter. I love it.

Yep

Unfortunately, I am neither rich nor perfect

I’m kind of an odd guy