HoosierQ
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Wow that is a great sheath man! I like that feature where you've molded the leather up around the hilt...very cool.
I'll bet that shoe polish thing is worth a try. Shoe polish, in the USA anyway, is usually Carnuba waxes (comes from a coconut or something I think) and may or may not contain beeswax which is a must have for saddle makers. I have a bunch of beeswax that I have never used except to fill up little holes and things. I may try meting it...that would have to be a good finish. That's kind of the thing...lots of good finishes. Oil is really easy and looks good and what is really nice about it is what I learned here...you put the veg oil on first and then the dye. That makes the dye go on really even and you don't get any brush strokes. I use Fiebings alchohol based dye so I am not sure water based dye would work.
I will try the shoe-polish, beeswax thing Mokewpa...thanks for the idea.
Those are great bowies. I was at the fair yesterday and watched the blacksmith display...sorta cool but they don't make anything. I may take a knive making class at a place called Connor Prairie...frontier kind of a place. You bring an old file and you spend 7 evenings making a frontier style knife. I think I am going to sign up.
I'll bet that shoe polish thing is worth a try. Shoe polish, in the USA anyway, is usually Carnuba waxes (comes from a coconut or something I think) and may or may not contain beeswax which is a must have for saddle makers. I have a bunch of beeswax that I have never used except to fill up little holes and things. I may try meting it...that would have to be a good finish. That's kind of the thing...lots of good finishes. Oil is really easy and looks good and what is really nice about it is what I learned here...you put the veg oil on first and then the dye. That makes the dye go on really even and you don't get any brush strokes. I use Fiebings alchohol based dye so I am not sure water based dye would work.
I will try the shoe-polish, beeswax thing Mokewpa...thanks for the idea.
Those are great bowies. I was at the fair yesterday and watched the blacksmith display...sorta cool but they don't make anything. I may take a knive making class at a place called Connor Prairie...frontier kind of a place. You bring an old file and you spend 7 evenings making a frontier style knife. I think I am going to sign up.