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This badge bit (BB) is part of the PEP curriculum. Completing this BB is part of getting the straw badge in textiles.

In this project, you will make a leather sheath to protect a knife.

Minimum requirements:
- make a leather knife blade sheath
- will be sewn, no commercial glue
- will have a belt loop
- will have a closure, such as a snap, to secure the knife in the sheath
- will be designed in a way that the knife won't easily cut the stitching
- will be designed so that the sheath won't dull the knife (i.e no metal)

To document completion of the BB, provide proof of the following as pics or video (< 2min):
- Your materials and tools.
- Making the sheath.
- Show the belt loop.
- Show the closure to hold in the knife.
- The finished sheath holding the knife.

You will find complete instructions at this website:
- How to Make a Knife Sheath – DIY Guide for Outdoor Enthusiasts

Or in this video:

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Once again, I made something that almost qualifies for the BB. I made this knife sheath for an Opinel No. 09 folding knife - a beautiful piece of kit that lots of people use in the UK and, I presume, in France.

I wet-formed the leather using a crude, homemade mould that I coated in paper tape. I then trimmed and burnished the edges of this top piece, stitched on a back piece and then began work on the belt loop/hoop/strap. I skived (thinned and tapered) the ends of the strap so that they would join neatly and sit flush with the body of the sheath. I then stitched each side using 4-stitches in a square to secure it. Finally, I assembled everything, holding it together with clothes pegs(!), punched my stitching holes and then saddle-stitched the front and back pieces together.

The leather I used is a 2.5-3.5mm thick bridle shoulder, tanned traditionally using oak bark from J&FJ Baker in Devon, UK.

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