Finishing of the sheath by making the lace up sleeve that will connect the knife to the belt. I cut a wide rectangle out of leather with fabric sheers (easier than paper scissors) and proceeded to punch the biggest hole on the leather punch down the two front edges of my 'sleeve'.
I cut my own leather cording and laced up the front. Cutting the cord was a fiddly job and I had to repeat this process several times due to the previous laces being too weak and snapping.
I used the exact same method to attach the belt strap. Leather is particularly effective as it holds to itself really well.
I finished lacing it up and tried to get it as tight as possible which was a tad hard as the leather was very hard to move through the holes nearer the top.
After receiving some guidance from a tutor I cut out pattern pieces in fur to act as a partial lining/border. This meant that the fur pieces had to be slightly bigger than the original pattern pieces to achieve a border.
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