Originally I was planning on constructing my own belt for Little Red Riding Hood but upon browsing through a charity chop I came across this incredibly short back support belt that was the perfect thickness.
The belt was covered in a black paint that was really shiny and didn't fit in with my fairly earthy colour range so I used the sanding belt to take off as much of the black as possible whilst trying not to catch the metal pieces for safety reasons. I think I will have to go round the small parts with a dremmel to remove all of the paint.
Using the band saw in the workshop I trimmed the belt down so it was all the same thickness. After sanding, the leather came out a really pale shade so I experimented by applying dark wood stain (the same I used on my knife handle) to darken the leather and I coated it several times to make it darker. I may have to find a more effective method to darkening leather.
Moving on to construct the leather sheath I drew around the blade on to card to make a template which I then transferred on to leather to be cut out. I struggled slightly with how big to make the template to account for sewing the thick leather so the knife would fit easily.
Using fabric shears I roughly cut out two pieces for the sheath and neatened them up a bit more. after I sew the two pieces together I will sand the edges down so everything is much neater and smaller.
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