What to do with it?

[Chris Christenberry 333]

I'm probably the last person in the world who purchased an Ultra-suede sports coat.   I'm also probably the last to toss one!  But it's nice material and I'm wondering if there is ANY use for Ultra-suede in the sheath making part of our craft?  (lining a sheath, insert in top layer, etc., etc.)  Any thoughts on the subject?

 

 

[Doug Lester 270]

Probably not vegetable tanned and the oil or chrome used to tank the leather will attack the blade.  Or it might not even be leather and you could use it to line wood sheaths or scabbards.

 

Doug

[Chris Christenberry 333]

Ultra-suede is not leather.........it's a man-made material.  Okay, so it might be good to line wood sheaths or scabbards.  Not to line leather sheaths?

Edited January 7 by Chris Christenberry

[Brian Dougherty 1,094]

cut it up into elbow patches for all your tweed sport coats 

 

[Chris Christenberry 333]

Funny.  No tweed in my closet.  Don't even have any sweaters with thin elbows.   No, I'm thinking in terms of sheaths, but thanks for the suggestion.

[Brian Myers 121]

I've seen some people do cutouts on their sheaths and then wrap the cutout with a decorative material, like suede, and then reattach the cutout.

[Chris Christenberry 333]

Yup, I mentioned using inserts (cutouts) in my first post.