Finally Made a Sheath for my Mule #1

[CajunMike]

Well it took me a while but I finally made a leather sheath for my Mule #1. :) I made the handles shortly after I got the Mule but the leather work kind of scared me a bit. I'm rather new to leather working and I wanted to do a bit of research before I dove in.
Once I made up my mind to make the sheath it took me about two weeks to come up with a suitable design. I went through a lot of construction paper doing mock-ups. I'm rather pleased with how it came out but there is certainly room for improvement. If I did it again I would make it a little longer so that less of the handle was exposed.

Enough chit chat---on with the pictures.

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Hope you enjoyed my pics. It really was a fun project. :D

(Sorry about the odd sized pics)

Cheers,
Mike

[DFD04]

That looks great! Looks like a great set up, and the colors look good together.

[Fred Sanford]

That's a nice sheath man. Can you tell me what the purpose of the leather strap is that goes around it? Is it for horizontal carry or what? Thanks man. I just don't know what it's for but I've seen it a lot. :)

[Doc Pyres]

That's a nice sheath man. Can you tell me what the purpose of the leather strap is that goes around it? Is it for horizontal carry or what? Thanks man. I just don't know what it's for but I've seen it a lot. :)

I agree, the sheath looks great. Good work, Mike. :)

David, I believe the leather strap allows you to thread a belt through it to give you a 'cross draw' angle to the sheath (although I could be horribly wrong as I've never owned such a sheath :o ).

[Shagnasty]

Mike nice job that sheath. Nice coloring. Your handles bloodwood or Padauk or?

Larry

[Quickbeam]

Lovely work Mike, I think the crossdraw sheath works really well with the Mule as its a dit of an awkward shape for a pouch sheath.

Nick

[spydutch]

Very nice job done Mike :cool:

[wescobts]

Really nice leatherwork, it compliments the nice work on the handle.

[Manix Guy 2]

Wish I had your talent . Plan to send my Mule away for a sheath in leather with a firestarter set up . Regards MG2

[CajunMike]

I agree, the sheath looks great. Good work, Mike. :)

David, I believe the leather strap allows you to thread a belt through it to give you a 'cross draw' angle to the sheath (although I could be horribly wrong as I've never owned such a sheath :o ).

You are correct, it's for ambidextrous cross draw.

Thanks for the compliments! :D I really was a lot of fun to make.
If you are interested in doing your own here is a great tutorial
Cross Draw Leather Sheath from British Blades

Cheers,
Mike

[CajunMike]

Mike nice job that sheath. Nice coloring. Your handles bloodwood or Padauk or?

Larry

Shagnasty,
The wood is actually Pink Ivory. Very hard and very dense. It polished up nicely.
Thanks for the compliment! :D

Cheers,
Mike

[Hector Castro]

Mike,

Great looking sheath.
Can you tell me how you made the line that outlines the belt loop? Is that cut into the leather, or is it moulded in?

Thank you

[Marion David Poff]

Very nice!

Marion

[CajunMike]

Mike,

Great looking sheath.
Can you tell me how you made the line that outlines the belt loop? Is that cut into the leather, or is it moulded in?

Thank you

Hi Hector,
The outline is cut with a stitching groover. Here's a Link to one from Tandy.

Cheers,
Mike

[Hector Castro]

Thanks for the info Mike. Do you remember what weight leather you used? 6-7oz?

[ssmtbracer]

Wow very nice sheath I would buy one if I had that knife to put in it.

[Tank]

Nice work.

[CajunMike]

Thanks for the info Mike. Do you remember what weight leather you used? 6-7oz?

Hector, I think it was 6-7 oz. The hardest part of the whole project was getting a design that fit the knife and that I liked. I went through a lot of paper patterns before I settled on this shape. It really was a fun project.

I really appreciate all of the compliments! :D

Cheers,
Mike

[Piet.S]

Good looking sheath, well done.