It took me too long to understand your comment. :D

Followed this community, very cool very cool, but if you want to grow this community it will have to not hide so isn't this kind of a paradoxical community?

it looks really great! What was the biggest challenge?

I'm sorry. It wasn't for me, so I didn't bother to take a picture. I can ask the coworker to take a picture. Probably won't get a shot tomorrow. Likely Wednesday or Thursday before he'll send it.

When I told my wife that you wanted to see the picture, she was a little unhappy because she said it wasn't her best work. Coworker brought it in today. Here's the picture, ahead of schedule. He is happy with it, so I suppose that's what matters. I had thought she would attach the strap vertically instead of horizontally, but she's the leather worker. I just support her.

This is an image of the core I made. She had made sheaths for her leather working knives before, but she put the threads on the inside instead of the outside on one of her first ones. I figured the pocket would keep the leather safe. Just cut it out of a piece of scrap and glued it tight.

That sounds like a reasonable approach. I haven't tried wet molding yet, but it's definitely something I've been wanting to try. I must learn to burnish first though.

Do you have any photos of the sheath by any chance?

My wife does leather work. We were asked by a coworker to make a sheath for his old punch dagger. I made a small pocket out of wood for the knife to sit in. That gave her an excuse to try out wet molding and formed the leather around the pocket. Keeps the stitches safe, and because it gets wrapped up, doesn't really matter how the pocket looks.

Thank you!

I did not, which is why I have a rivet at the beginning of the stitches.

I'm hoping it'll prevent the seams from being sliced. Although not ideal, I didn't feel comfortable with putting in a welt at my skill level. Maybe next time!

The rivet is made of a softer metal, and it is tight enough that the blade shall not meet the rivet.

Great work!

I don't see one but did you put in a welt?

She's okay with them, she doesn't try to get rid of them, she goes up/ down stairs, walks and runs fine immediately, but she's a bit slower. We only tested for one forest walk, it's still early autumn weather here so she doesn't need them yet.

Dalmatian perhaps.

Wow, those are incredible! How does your dog like them?

Also, I like the design choice to let the nails stick out a bit. Is there any concern with something getting inside the shoe that way though? I'm imagining how sometimes I get something caught under my foot when I'm wearing my slides and it's just the worst. Lol

Because they're dogs and these (very nice) dog mocs are included in the set of "everything"

What? Why?

Yes exactly! I live in Germany, some days in winter is cold enough that she tries to stand on three feet when we go out. They also use tiny rocks (I'm not sure what to call them) to increase grip on icy roads, I've been told that salt is used in some cases too.

Confusing perspective. First I thought that is a cow.

Nice work!

In case you haven't seen this post I think yours qualifies.

https://piefed.social/c/fediverse@lemmy.world/p/2333032/announcing-the-threadiverse-vibrancy-challenge-sep-1-30-2026

not op but usually it’s to avoid extreme temperatures. also if you’re in an area where they de-ice roads and trails, the dissolved salt and chemicals can cause problems on paw pads months after it was put down.

the second one probably depends on what they use to de-ice. it’s some unsavory stuff where i am, so it’s not an uncommon sight to see dogs with footwear out on the trails!

My dogs would eat these.

Cool! Why does Melody need shoes?

Now I am imagining a LEGO bandoleer to organize pieces on a per bag basis into while building.

It looks like it’s sound asleep, that’s so adorable!

Thanks :)

always nice to see stuff from this community, even if I know nothing about leather working

Thank you :)

I think most people are capable of creating small items from leather. There are some tools involved but the skills are easily learned.