How to Make a Leather Sheath for a Ulu Knife
- 1). Lay the ulu on butcher paper to trace a pattern. The finished pattern will look like a box with one curved side.
- 2). Trace the curved edge of the ulu blade on the butcher paper.
- 3). Draw a box, using the curved tracing as one side. The entire knife should fit just inside the tracing, with the handle touching the opposite side of the box from the curved edge.
- 4). Trace ¼ inch outside of the first tracing, creating a larger version of that tracing.
- 5). Lay this tracing on the underside of the leather and trace around it on the leather.
- 6). Cut out this shape using your shears or craft knife.
- 7). Fold over the handle edge of your tracing so that it covers the blade of the ulu but leaves the handle exposed.
- 8). Trace this smaller shape on the leather and cut it out with heavy shears or a craft knife.
- 9). Lay this square on the larger piece of leather, on its outward-facing side, and stitch it along the top and bottom.
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Cut a ¼-inch-wide strip of leather in the shape of the ulu's blade edge. This will serve as a rip-stop against which the blade rests. - 11
Glue the ¼-inch strip of leather on the inside of the larger piece of material, along the blade edge. - 12
Glue the smaller piece of leather to that ¼-inch strip. - 13
Stitch along the curved edge and the two sides, 1/8 inch in from the outer edges. Leave the handle end open.
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