Making a Knife Sheath Using Rawhide: The Preferred Way.

Begin by using the unscraped, skinned leg of a moose or any other piece of heavy rawhide; dehaired is fine. This one was tautly stretched.

Fold over the requisite material to cover snugly but not perfectly. I used a small bench vise, but pliers or a hammer would work well to force a bend.

Spare buckskin or leather stripps will make the welt..

Stuff strips overlapping to however thick you wish. I had a consistent four layers. I used a spare strip of rawhide, soaked and moist, as the cord. Using a piece of wood, a splitting maul, and a heavy awl, the holes were punched and the hide sewn.

If the liner were to be totally sloshed, not likely but possible, the rawhide would warp and alter. So the liner was smoked well. This helps rawhide to hold shape. Twenty minutes in concentrated smoke is sufficient.

Its basically under a pot, on top of the smoke pot. Ill go back and do a better job in the end finish.

Cut a near peice of smoked hide, and then i used a running stich to sew the seam.

After the running stich is finiehd, the tag hide is slit and individual threads pulled apart to give the buckskin look. Take a little bark in this case (or dry grass if it was a quiver), other vegitable mater, like shelf mushroom and throw it in the end to add extra protection to the leather where a heavy sharp tip may damage the welt.

Ill give it another heavy smoke.

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