Tanned carp hide knife sheath

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dhaverstick
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Tanned carp hide knife sheath

#1 Post by dhaverstick »

Earlier this year, my good friend, bowyer and gunsmith, John Pruitt, made my dad a nice bamboo-backed osage bow and some flint tipped arrows. As a thank-you, my dad made John a thin blade hunting/fillet knife similar to the one in the photo. John was hinting around a few weeks ago that he now needed a sheath for that knife so I crafted this one up for him. Unfortunately, John also expects cookies each time I send him something so I still have those to make. I gotta quit spoiling that old man!

This is a cross draw sheath that has a vegetable-tanned cowhide core. I covered that with ostrich hide (light brown) and tanned carp hide (reddish brown) and trimmed the whole thing in gray New Zealand red deer hide. I carved the strap button out of a piece of deer antler and sewed the whole thing by hand with artificial sinew.

I'll get the cookies baked this evening and get John's package in the mail tomorrow.

Darren

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#2 Post by Captainkirk »

Wow! Eye-popper there, Darren! Has the real "old-timey" look all the way.
Now, if we could see some pix of those cookies next...*drool...drool*
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Darren, I never realized you had such artistry in your veins...boy, that is purdy... way more then purdy...functional ART! :mrgreen:
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Nice!!

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#5 Post by Shadowhntr »

I like it!
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#6 Post by dhaverstick »

Here you go, Kirk; 4 dozen oatmeal raisin cookies fresh out of the oven!

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#7 Post by Captainkirk »

I like that pic almost as much as the knife!
I said...almost... :?
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