I'm very pleased with the leather, and as you said it makes for a heavy-duty sheath. With an eight-pound box of leather, I will be making sheaths for quite a while! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> They're not pretty but they ARE functional, and save me money to buy more knives! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />