Did you welt it? I’ve cut so many sheaths open before I learned to welt them
So I finished one of these trade knives a few weeks ago and wanted a sheath for a lefty so here it is.
This is the parfleche-type sheath I made for a 6" bowie.
I'm not familiar with the term "parfleche-type". What design features would this include?
Thanks for the explanation, Gus ! :thumbs up:
'Preciate the info .... thank you sir.Been a while since I was in old fashioned buckskinning in the 70's, but parfleche refers to dried rawhide (normally from buffalo skins) that were fashioned into envelopes or containers in the lodge (tipi) to contain food or small items. They were usually painted with designs that were common to the tribe the owner belonged to.
I think Kansas Kid means similar to the painted designs of a parfleche and construction technique of assembling them with rawhide lacing, whip stitched around the edges.
Gus
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