PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE
Rawhide Sheath
Online Course
This online course will teach you how to master the art of creating personalized rawhide sheaths, transforming raw materials into unique and functional pieces.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE
This online course will teach you how to master the art of creating personalized rawhide sheaths, transforming raw materials into unique and functional pieces.
About 45 mins of detailed video instruction and related material across 8 different lessons – easily viewable on common digital devices. Students should have internet access. It is a wonderful afternoon project, and no leather working experience is required!
This is a basic-level course that provides an introduction to creating a personalized rawhide knife sheath. While you don’t need to be a professional sheath maker, some basic crafting skills and familiarity with using hand tools are necessary.
This course is your perfect introduction to creating personalized rawhide sheath. We start with the essentials: designing and building patterns that guarantee a snug fit for your blade. Then, you’ll master the techniques of cutting, shaping, and wet-forming the rawhide to ensure a perfect fit.
We’ll show you how to incorporate decorative tacks, adding both style and functionality for a unique look with a strong hold. Learn how to dye, color, and protect your finished sheath, transforming it into a one-of-a-kind and functional piece of art.
And the best part? You can use these skills to create more sheaths in the future!
After watching this one-of-a-kind video course, you will know exactly how to build a durable rawhide sheath for a standard sized butcher knife….that looks like it belongs on the belt of Jeremiah Johnson himself! This course will showcase a build for the Old Hickory Butcher knife, but everything can easily be altered to fit any knife from your kit or pantry! I guarantee you will make many sheaths and projects with rawhide after finishing this course. Your imagination is your only limitation when it comes to design and finishing touches to these one of a kind custom parfleche sheaths.
Once the course is purchased, you will have access to a streaming link and be able to watch the videos at your pace, as many times as you wish.
Besides the access to the videos, you will also receive a checklist of essential materials with purchasing recommendations and a downloadable PDF template that is Jamie’s personal template for the 7″ Old Hickory Butcher Knife.
During the video, the teacher will explain and demonstrate the skills and techniques in easy to understand English. New methodologies and terminology will be explained to you so that they are clear and easy to understand even if this is the first time you approach the topic.
My name is Jaimie Burleigh, and I am a survivor skills author and instructor and co-founder of the Old World Alliance.
The Old World Alliance is an association dedicated to self-reliance, survival, and outdoor skills. Our partners provide select products and personalized classes, both live and online. I provide content and hand crafted goods from my backwoods shop.
I am also an author for Creek Stewart’s Pocket Field Guide series, a contributing author for numerous trade magazines and periodicals, a previous host of the television program Outdoor Explorer, a contractor for National Geographic, and an acclaimed camp cook who enjoys sharing cooking skills and recipes of the north woods and Native cultures.
My journey began in 1992, teaching survival skills formally at select wilderness schools and reservations. Since, I have documented thousands of hours afield teaching people from all walks of life how to pursue their outdoor lifestyle in confidence.
-jb
Here, you’ll meet your instructor, receive an overview of the course content, and learn about the exciting journey ahead.
Get a brief lesson on tool safety and the importance of maintaining awareness of your surroundings and workspace while crafting your rawhide sheath.
In this lesson, you will find a rawhide sheath template download and a checklist of essential materials needed to complete this course, including recommended purchasing links.
This lesson will teach you how to use your template to transfer your design and get started making a rawhide knife sheath for an Old Hickory-style butcher knife.
Here, you will learn how to wet your sheath to create a top and inside seam fold and place tacts for a handmade, one-of-a-kind look.
This segment will teach you how to carefully cut a belt hole in your knife sheath and shape the edges for a smooth finish.
In this lesson, you will learn how to wet form your sheath to fit your knife and use leather dye to add color and complete your project.
Lastly, you’ll learn how to maintain your finished knife sheath over time, including recommendations for reshaping and finishing the rawhide leather.
Here are some screenshots from lessons in the course.
Below is a list of items you’ll need to complete this course (online purchase links from tandyleather.com and amazon.com for tacks, rawhide, dye, and Old Hickory Butcher Knives are included inside the course):
This is a basic-level course that provides an introduction to creating a personalized rawhide sheath. While you don’t need to be a professional sheath maker, some basic crafting skills and the use of hand tools are necessary.
Once you complete the purchase and are logged in, you will see a menu option appear for this course under “My Courses”. There, you can click to enter the course, view the lessons, and then progress through each one at your own pace.
As a digital item where all assets are delivered instantly, there are generally no returns. We think you’ll find a lot of value in this course and what you can learn from it.
The course is on our responsively-designed platform, so it can be easily viewed and enjoyed on most common digital devices such as desktops, laptops, tablets, and mobile devices that have an internet connection.
You’ll have instant and ongoing access to the course.
Sure, you can email me at:
Jamie@jamieburleigh.com
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