I didn't want to dredge the original thread up here , so here's some pics of the SOD sheath that I made after I dyed it. The dye was a bit uneven, but what the heck, it adds character <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />





I also made up a little sheath for the yardkeeper - actually I made this for a friend of mine who I gave one to. She wanted a natural color, so I just used some Obenauf's heavy duty protector on it.





And the two together (just because I can)





On the yardkeeper sheath, you can kind of see where the water darkened up the leather (when I was molding it) - not sure how to not cause/hide that effect when you're not dyeing the leather.

Edited as pics messed up <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

i'ma not seeing no pics?

Looks great to me!

Nice! I like the uneven finish.

+1

The SOD sheath looks good!

Very nice work P/B! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

It's been a lot of fun making these (but can be frustrating at times as well) - I'm still trying to figure out some of the tricks to make it easier. I highly recommend giving it a go - the most you will be out is about $70 in materials (including big piece of cow, needles, thread, stitch marker, fringer, snaps, and dye), and the materials will be enough to make a few sheaths (I'm estimating about 5). The biggest thing for me is planning. It's easy to take some extra leather off, but real hard to put it back on <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Very nice work. It is fun to do the work and make something by hand for yourself or friends.

Very nice! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

Very nice work, polarbare! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

On the darkening of the leather when wet forming... lightly wet the rest of the surface as well and it will most likely help to keep the color more uniform. I think it looks fine though.

On the Brown... it's very hard to get a uniform color due to the leather grain itself, I personally think it looks great and gives it a better and more authentic look too. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

Very nice, that second one is sweet.

Both those sheaths look fine to me PB. I wish I could do as well. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />