Does anyone know any videos or guides of making this beautiful Härmä type of knife sheath? I can’t find any material about it online sadly

by Thermawrench

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  1. I tried to do some searching about it but it’s hard to find any DIY follow alongs. My question here is how is the sheath built? I am familiar with the wooden lest on the inside to contain the blade, and i assume the leather is simply wetformed around the wooden lest. The brass ought to be bolted to the leather somehow.

    However my question is as follows: the wooden lest under the leather, does the leather sheath follow its form entirely? Is the wooden lest like basically shaped as the leather in the picture?

    Second question: how does the double knife sheath work? I am familiar with single knife sheaths, been there, done that but very ugly and amateurish (that’s what practice is for). However double sheaths are all but unknown to me. How does the second knife not jut into the main one?

    Thirdly: that’s a lot of beautifully worked brass, but how is it attached to the leather as i see now obvious bolts? I’d bolt it because that’s all i know. Glue?

    PS,

  2. Try to find Suuri Puukkokirja by Timo Hyytinen, it contains about everything you want to know about the matter.

  7. I think you’re better off learning all the necessary skills for the leather-, metal-, and possibly woodworking, then find out the structure of that sheat and then try to reproduce it. I don’t think you’ll find step-by-step guide for this.

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