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If you have a leather sheath which rides high/tight by looping directly onto your belt, and you want the option of it being a dangler, here's one way you can convert your sheath, giving you options.
First step is to find yourself a D-Ring which is stout enough to hold firm, and light enough to open/close, install it on your belt loop.
The next step is to take a strip of veg-tan belt leather, cut it to length/width. On the back side, plow a couple of troughs (perpendicular to it's length) where you want the leather folded over. At the bottom fold, punch half (width) holes in the edge of the leather on each side. This will help to locate the fold at the D-Ring.
On the finish side, plow a groove off each edge (full length) to create a decorative stripe. Trim the corners at a 45 degree angle, and a bevel to all edges (finish side and back side).
Locate/punch holes at each end, and install snaps with the tools included in a snap kit.
A healthy dose of Obenauf's Leather Oil to darken/protect the leather gets rubbed in.
First step is to find yourself a D-Ring which is stout enough to hold firm, and light enough to open/close, install it on your belt loop.
The next step is to take a strip of veg-tan belt leather, cut it to length/width. On the back side, plow a couple of troughs (perpendicular to it's length) where you want the leather folded over. At the bottom fold, punch half (width) holes in the edge of the leather on each side. This will help to locate the fold at the D-Ring.
On the finish side, plow a groove off each edge (full length) to create a decorative stripe. Trim the corners at a 45 degree angle, and a bevel to all edges (finish side and back side).
Locate/punch holes at each end, and install snaps with the tools included in a snap kit.
A healthy dose of Obenauf's Leather Oil to darken/protect the leather gets rubbed in.
