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Offline Darren Haverstick

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Finished this little leather project
« on: March 29, 2023, 01:50:05 PM »



I finished this scabbard yesterday for a good friend of mine. Knife sheaths and scabbards are always a challenge for me because of the leathers and methods I prefer to use. This one was no exception. It has a vegetable tanned cowhide liner with giraffe hide on the outside. The green bling on the front is ostrich leg skin and the trim around the edges is deer hide. I sewed the whole thing up by hand using approximately 10 miles of artificial sinew. What's sad is I probably have more money in the leather than he paid for the machete!

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Re: Finished this little leather project
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2023, 05:00:23 PM »
Looking good Darren, problem with working exotics is the $ and the pucker factor of the cut hoping you dont screw the pooch!
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Re: Finished this little leather project
« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2023, 08:12:22 PM »
It DO look better than the sheath I bought for my machete!  Of course mine goes in places that the one you made probably will never be near....

Nice work!  He ought to be happy with it, even if it's too nice for beating around in the pucker brush.

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Re: Finished this little leather project
« Reply #3 on: March 30, 2023, 12:04:22 AM »
All I can say is wow! Nice
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Re: Finished this little leather project
« Reply #4 on: March 30, 2023, 08:11:43 AM »
I enjoy all of your “Little” leather projects…you do have a talent there Darren  :bl th up
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Re: Finished this little leather project
« Reply #5 on: March 30, 2023, 10:04:50 AM »
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It looks like you have another happy customer -  :toast
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Re: Finished this little leather project
« Reply #6 on: March 30, 2023, 10:31:40 AM »
Outstanding as usual.👍


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Re: Finished this little leather project
« Reply #7 on: April 23, 2023, 05:37:32 PM »
WOW!  That is so far out of my league I feel like I'm dirtying it with my eyes!
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