Lining a scabbard

[Skeeter Lewis]

Pards - is it always necessary to fix lining in with glue? I want to line a scabbard and that would be a heck of a lot of glue. Would stitching alone be enough if the lining is fairly firm?

[TexasToby]

It may be quite a bit of glue but, well worth it in my opinion.

[Camano Ridge]

Skeeter when I line a scabbard I glue. I use Weldwood Contact cement and for large areas I use a 1 - 1 1/2" brush. I t oges on pretty fast. I don't know if Weldwood Contact cement is available to you . If you do not glue your liner you may end upp with wrinles and loose spots over time. You would almost have to stitch down the fold of the scabbard and other places to make sure the liner would stay in place without movement. That seems like more work. WIth the weld wood you can easily paint it on a surface the size of a scabbard in just a few more minutes then a few minutes to paint it on the back of the lining.

[GunClick Rick]

Find a car upholstry shop and have them spray it on. My cousin owns one~probably won't even charge ya.Just a thought.

[dwight55]

I seem to have lost my "finished" pictures, . . . this is before I put the final finish on the scabbard for this gladius.

The first layer inside was cut out to go all the way around the blade, . . . second and third layers sandwich the first between them making a thin scabbard out of 3 layers of 7 oz veggie tan.

The back layer had a sewn on belt loop, . . . front layer has the Molon Labe.

Whole thing after sanding and molding gave me an edge to sew that was right at 1/2 inch thick.  Hand sewn with an awl and 416 thread.

All of the pieces were glued together like Camano said, . . . Weldwood, . . . with a wide brush.

Customer should get it Monday or Tuesday. 

May God bless,
Dwight

[WaddWatsonEllis]

Hi,

I hav two knives that were finished a scabbards made by different Knifemakers ... one a Mockup of a Californio Belduque
and the other a BIG Confederate Bowie ... both of the scabbards were made of some sort of hard wood ...  the Confederate wrapped in leather and sewed in horsehide.

Which made it very easy to change it to the opposite side ....  I first sewed the loop on the opposite side, then glued the leather to the wood and slid it on the Belt when every thing was dry ....

Confederate Rig (before and after):





Californio Knife:

[Skeeter Lewis]

Thanks, pards, for the advice. Nice work, Wadd. In fact I used PVA glue and pigskin lining. I've posted this elsewhere but here it is again anyway.

[Marshal Will Wingam]

Good work, WW. It looks great. I like the Californio, too. I like those wooden sheaths. I have a few misc knives with them. Nothing can get to the blades through a layer of wood.