Back out in the shop for a couple hours this morning, playing with laying out a sheath design, and finally cut out a basic sheath, a bit oversize to start. I'll do the carving and sew 'er up then trim away some excess before I burnish the edges. As you can see in the picture below, I have cut out the body of the sheath, the welt that goes between the two folded over edges so the sharp edge of the knife doesn't cut the stitching the first time you insert the blade, and the belt loop for the back of the sheath. Off to the side you can see the scrap of folder I used to rough out a template.
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I thought about various things to carve into the nice leather. But ended up with just a basketweave pattern for now. If I don't like the outcome I'll toss this in a bin and give it away, and start over. I like this "quilted basketweave" and when it is stained and antiqued it looks pretty good. We'll see how it turns out. As I said, it's been a while, I might "have" to give 'er another shot.
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Keep it here, I look at failure as a learning opportunity, or just plain practice.

Otherwise, I'd spend a lot of time frustrated. Remember, I already failed once.

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