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Deer Hide as a sheath?
Hi KN,
Thanks for the great site and tremendous resources and fellowship. This is my first post I greatly appreciate the soup for if environment that everyone creates. Has anyone had experience using dear leather for sheets? What I have is rather thin and I'm not sure that it would be stiff enough over time. Any thoughts greatly appreciated, Orion |
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To answer your question according to my own experience........
In one word NO, Deer skin will not be heavy enough, nor stable enough to make a sheath. On the other hand if you overlay a veg tan sheath of say 6.7 oz weight with the Deer skin then you should be good to go. Paul __________________ Basic Pouch Sheaths and Advanced Blade sheaths DVDs are available at www.chriscrawfordknives.com ***New third DVD available at the same web site*** Paul Long-- 108 Briarwood Ln. W.-- Kerrville, Texas 78028-- Ph. 830 367 5536--- pfl@cebridge.net |
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Deer hide can be used and has and was for many a year back in the day However it must be lined with other things it looks very good and makes an awesome patch or neck knife sheath to use it on its own it is rather thin and would not last long Elk hide on the other hand is much tougher and thicker and is often used as a liner for deer sheaths .
Sam __________________ R. Yates 13 & On Forge Live and Let Live , Do Not trespass on Life or Me! As we are not so kind or forgiving ! |
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Thanks for the feedback. I'll stay with the 7-9oz steer. Orion
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Deer, elk, and many others are great for sheaths, but as said they need internal structure. I use 7/8 for the sheath body then glue and wrap the softer leather to the outside. Gives a great pallet to injun-up. Here's a few I've made first is elk, second is deer, and third is deer with beadwork by brother Rick Lowe.
The real master at this kind of work is Chuck Burrows, you really need to check out his work. __________________ Carl Rechsteiner, Bladesmith Georgia Custom Knifemakers Guild, Charter Member Knifemakers Guild, voting member Registered Master Artist - GA Council for the Arts C Rex Custom Knives Blade Show Table 6-H Last edited by Crex; 02-18-2023 at 07:45 AM. |
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