Making a Leather Sheath - EVERY STEP! 

Brad, Just a word of caution .. you use the power sanders without any sort of mask protection. Leather does not dissolve in the lungs. Remember coal miners and black lung 'disease' from coal dust in their work environment and you get the idea. Leather dust from what I've researched can be very fine and hard to detect. Get a good mask with filter cans on the side. You can open the cans from time to time and see how much gunk they saved you from. This would also apply if you are hand sanding. It's a pain, but you are young and have a lot of leather crafting potential ahead ... Short term hobbyists [including retirees like myself] don't have to worry too much ... but even then ... a covid mask is better than nothing.

Amazing leather project and a very concise and detailed explanation. Young people like yourself makes me believe that this generation has a fighting chance. Greetings from Toronto.

The absolute, most concise, and easy to understand video out there and the mellow music was a plus. I'm saving your video, thank you so much!

You have some serious skills my friend but the music made me want to stick that knife in my eye!

This is a fantastic example of what a how-to video should be.

been fine except the stuck recorded music, enough to make me hit mute

Amazing video! Thank you for sharing it! You are the first one I’ve seen who’s actually used epoxy to protect the threads as well as leave a drain port at the bottom. Right on for thinking of that. Maybe other folks do as well but I personally saw you do it here. And thank you for the easy music. My aging ears can’t do a whole lot of heavy music anymore. Lol. Stay young as long as you can. May your talents and your creativity take you far. God bless

Brad, I loved this. I've been researching how to do my own sheath and this was hands down the best video on the subject for those without lots of leather tools! Thank you.

Great to see someone using tools for a change

I’ve never worked with leather & this was exactly the type of leather sheath making video I was hoping to find. You answered a lot of questions I had going into the video especially with the stitching etc. I’m a new subscriber and look forward to seeing more vids! Work safe.

Great Video. Thanks for taking the time to show each step. It was very informative and illustrates a great technique I've only read about it books.

Dude, that was an awesome video! Very thorough! I wish more people would be as clear and concise as you. Hell, the way you do it, it leaves every base and objection covered. Great job!

The 70 dislikes are from people who missed the like button...either that, or their mad that they can't make a sheath,knife, or video like that

I followed you step by step. What a great job we did! Thanks for the help!

Congrats on having the only narrated video on the subject 👍

Brad, great job. I appreciate your attention to details. That is what separates manufactured/factory work from our custom leather work. Blessing Turbo

I really enjoyed the video...background music got to be monotonous, but great video!

hey - sure enjoyed your program HOWEVER would enjoy it more if u-tube would provide a switch so i could switch OFF the background racket. thanks.

This is one of the best sheath tutorials I have ever seen! Your love for the craft outshines this sissy amazing work. The only question I have unanswered is: "How do you estimate how much thread you 'll need for stitching?" Other than this, the tutorial and sheath are pure perfection!

Anyone got tips on where to get big chunks of leather like that!!?? Nice vid btw very helpful

Well done and quite informative. You'll find it much easier to glue the sheath together then drill out your stitching holes. A stitching horse will hold the leather while you stitch. Easy enough to make one.

Bravo! Question : why not drilling all the sides at once ? Cheers !

Would you be kind enough to tell us the radius of your edger ? TX

I love that you explain everything I need help because I am a 12 year old that make knifes to sell I need a sheath to go with my knifes but I have very soft lether that makes it very hard to make the sheath that you made so If you do not mind can you please make a sheath with very soft lether. Also I have a RU-vid channel so it would be awesome if you could go check it out.

Hey, Love the intro. I had wanted to do the writing style kind of like Myth Busters. Nice work!

How long do you submerge the leather for the first mold?

Instruction is good. The way you've looped the music is fucking HORRIBLE!! I'm looking for the same cliff that other guy is looking for!

Great Video: next time at hardware store,check out Johnson's wax in big yellow can( get much+ lasts) Handed down from my grandfather..Scent disapates in 5 minutes.Great for leather,read can..I let residue build up storing same rag with it.Even if refurbishing a mower,give it a wipe down.Rubber,ceramic or even storing your carbon steel blade.I have unused Union cut kabar collection I trust Johnson's for storage..(beats cosmolene)..I learned organized fashion to do sheath,liked the drill press,never thought of that..Subbed...

All great, apart from the elevator music! 😴

Seriously great video dude, thank you!

Excellent video. I'm in the process of making my first sheath. Your video provided much information.

Hello Mr Brad. What is the of your clamp ( blue clamp & black clamp) and its size? I'm enjoy your video. Its great job. 😎👍👍👍

He makes it look so simple. Well done sir. The music is hypnotic ............. certainly helps in making it "look" so easy (NOT).

Great project thank you .. superb demonstration.. only issue was the music absolutely terrible.it would of been much better without

Can anyone recommend some leather work (never done anything like this before, and I also cant use super many tools and probably will have to rely on handwork without power tools) I would be able to craft while I am backpacking? A leather sheath like this seems doable, but I doubt Ill find many customers for that. Im open for suggestions :)

Good video! I love the molding of the leather before stitching it up - really helps so the sheath can "hug" the knife better.

Great tutorial here, well done man! Unfortunately I could not get all the way through it though, because that beat was driving me insane! Don't get me wrong, I dig the beat, but after hearing it hundreds of times, again and again, while trying to focus on what you were doing and saying, I just had to shut it off. I barley made it through the first part due to this beat, but felt hopeful once it changed. When it came back in though, I was done for. I think your tutorial is engaging and well done enough that the music distracts from your teaching, or maybe that's just my ADD and neurosis. Either way, not hating, hopefully you can take it as constructive criticism.

Nice work.......thoroughly enjoyed, the music was alright, but.....

Good tips I really like the clamp idea.

Thanks for the video! I just finished making a sheath. Do you have a suggestion for what size stitching holes to drill? I found the ones I made were a bit too small.

This is a very helpful video for us beginners. Short and concise instructions and easy to understand. Thank you for sharing , I'll be saving this one for future projects.

seriously, why would anyone dislike this video, aside from just beaing jackasses? There was nothing wrong with this at all. Well done.

Nice video apart from the music, I found the music distracting and annoying, if it wasn’t for this I would have subscribed

You Sir just gained yourself another Sub. I’m looking into making my own sheath and out of all the videos I have browsed yours is by far the easiest to understand. I have no prior experience in the art but after watching this video I have gained the confidence to finally start. Thank you so much.

Awsome best tutorial ive seen so far thanks brother!!!

Great job of explaining the details on blade and sheath making, I (at 74) actually learned sonething...lol thanks again :-)

haha, i have been to kayne and son blacksmith depot in candler... great work and awesome video, keep up the good work !

how do you get the holes on the "backside" perfect on the line? i seem to always be 1-2mm off and it looks awful. i dont have a towerdrill btw

Dude thank you so much. By far the best video on here. Thanks to you I was able to make a wicked sheath for my grandfather's knife. Thanks again!

I would much rather see the smooth side of the belt loop on the outside rather than the rough side out, just saying. Other than that nice job for your first time.

I really like EVERY STEP if I ever wanted to try making a sheath. As an avid outdoorsman, and friends with many others, this is an awesome piece. Thanks again for another great video, looking forward to the next 👍

Hey Brad, great video. Thx! Does anyone here have any leads on where to get small batches of leather goods? I need to make only one sheath for one of my cheaper but very useful knifes and don't want to have to pay a fortune for the leather, or have to buy much more than I need. Thx!

before applying the wax you should have warmed the leather with a hair dryer, heat gun being to harsh, then apply the wax so it soaks in, then heat again, & buff up once cooled again. much better penetration of the wax that way.

Of all the tutorials I watched I thought yours was the best. It is very easy to understand and it gives you confidence to try it. Thank you

Where do you find the woods man wax? Sebastian thanks

Excellent video. Thanks. I’ve got a couple of knives to practice on.

I have seen a-lot of other people dye before they bevel, why do you do it opposite? Is there advantages and disadvantages to the way others do it to the way you do it?

I believe that you should always glue the sheath together before stitching ... otherwise the edge after time can look messy and the fact its not glued down will become evident .... atb Jim

How did you warm up your Locktite Epoxy before applying? Heat gun?

Simple, classy, useful! Nice job, thanks for the video

Great video! Glad I found your channel when I did, I need to make a sheath for lawn mower blade knife I just finished. Subbed! Keep up the great work!

EXCELLENT content and so well explained it felt like a damned PBS doc lol

great idea on the epoxy on the threads, I may start using that myself if you don't mind,

Bro great video and good you showed each step but that music has to go lol gotta pick something better next time all in all great video and good looking sheath.

Good job young man you did a great job.....................Barry New Zealand.

Great job. Music is fine, i barely noticed it.

Nice video, but 6:22 Do you really need that music….😬

thank you so much to make that video. you are amazing bro.

I think it was absolutely a great video. Thank you

Nice work. You make it look easy but I know it won't be easy my first or even second go at it. Will take practice, just like anything else. Thank you.

Where do you buy your leather to make crafts i will like to buy some.ex video

A very informative video.Thank you.

Damn. It’s so many steps, and you gotta have so many tools and materials 😢

Thanks for sharing! I really like the video. I want to learn to work with leather. Where do you buy your leather? I've looked around online, but I'm not sure what to buy. Thanks!

It looks like you used lacing needles to sow your saddle stitch with. Did you.

I honestly didn't want this video to end, absolutely amazing.

Great video, music not so much.

Great video, but please get rid of that horrible music.

Where'd you find the elevator music?

Great skills man but that freaking music....

Great video, thank you for the detailed information.

I haven't watched the whole video yet, but every time I try to make a leather sheet for a knife which the handle is significantly larger than the blade, the knife always stab trough the leather. And when I try to wet the leather it takes weeks to dry, it usually gets fungi all over it before drying. Any tips.

just wondering, can I do this with buckskin? Understand it is not as tough as pigskin, but I have a lot of buckskin?

What diameter aré the goles drilled? Thanks

My daughter, Emma,13, selected this as her very first project. She's up to the leather shop at the moment getting stuff while the molded sheath is drying... I'll probably not get that really old buck hunting knife back... Thanks! And your layout is wicked fast. Mark

This video help me out thank you.

Shou 10 ok 👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

What is the thickness of the leather you used for the sheath? Good video!

Good video. Teach the band a full tune.

Your order of process kind of made more work for your self. Easier if you stitch on the loop.(BTW it’s called an English Point end) Then dye it all, glue in the welt glue in the other side. Then clean the edge and square up. Then mark and drill your stitching. After stitching do your edge bevel. It turned out nice and looked good. Also just put some grooves in your dowel and it would work great. Also probably less water for burnishing,it doesn’t take much.

Extremely annoying music recorded louder than your voice! After 2 minutes I was DONE!

Excellent video!

Thanks for the video and the explanations of every step. Enjoyed it and learned some things. I'll go with Charles Faulkner and Randall Perry and John Wellings (and I'm sure many more) and vote against the music though.

New Subscriber... Love the creativity, the out-of-the-box thinking and especially the starting with the creation of the template... Keep it up young man, you gave an old fart some ideas to work with and it is appreciated!

Great sheath.I use Johnson's floorwax in big yellow can.Leathermens secret.Antique restoration secret,works for anything.I never tried wetting to shape.I am making Kukri sheath.I will try that.I alway's use rivots but will stitch this.Many thanks for posting.

Where do you get the leather?

Every time I watch one of your videos, which I enjoy the tutorials, some are always leaving negative comments on your choice of music. I have also left negative comments on your choice of music. Why aren't you listening to your subscribers? That music is insane torture. Really.

Very pleasant and easy to understand video, even if my English is not that fluent! Nice music and relaxing atmosphere, you must to be very nice person! :) Hello from London !

you are a master at this, what a beautiful sheath you made. wow amazing to watch you do this. thanks for sharing, AWESOME.👍👍👍👍

Excellent skills, very educational. I learned a lot with your video. Also the background music is very nice. Thank you.