Scouting, Volume 18, Number 9, September 1930 Page: 235
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Leather Project
Axe Sheath
C UT out the three parts composing the Axe Sheath and
puneh the holes. Then lay the leather cut out face down,
that is, with the rough side up, and put the pattern on it.
Near each end of the crease line, a dot is shown. Push the
point of the scratch-awl through each dot into the leather,
making small but visible holes. Then remove the pattern and
draw each crease line with the scratch-awl and straight edge.
Fold the leather exactly on the line just drawn, lay it on
the punch board and pound the crease with a mallet until a good
sharp fold is made. Do this wherever a crease line is indi-
cated. Do not use a steel hammer
Before assembling the Axe Sheath, the fringe must be slit.
To do this, lay the pattern on the "grain" or smooth side of
the leather, and prick the end of each slit through the dots on
the pattern. Put the knife point into the leather at the dot, and
slit each line, watching the pattern to get the general direction
of the lines. These slits can be cut free hand by using due
care. Do not hurry
In assembling your Axe Sheath, follow the lacing di-
rections on page 30. Lace the vertical box seam on the
Axe Sheath first, using the "cross-over butt" stitch. Then
put the fringe cut-out between the front and back parts
and lace through, beginning at the right hand end of
the curved end and using the "over and over" flat stitch.
Continue lacing until you can pick up the holes on the
back cut-out. Then picking them up, continue lacing to
the end of the seam.
The flap may be fastened down by a Turk's Head Button.
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Knife Sheath
Cut out the Knife Sheath
to pattern and punch the
holes according. Before as-
sembling the Sheath, mark
and slit the fringe cut-out as
in the Axe Sheath. Then
place the three parts together with the fringe between the back
and front cut-out. Start the lacing at the left hand end of the curved
seam, using the "over and over flat stitch." Continue around the
Sheath changing to "button hole" stitch, if you prefer for the
upper or straight seam.
The handle loop is made from a round braid, about 10" long, made
of lacings. 15" long with Turk's Head Endings at both ends.
After the braid is made, pass it through the two holes at the
end of the belt slits on the Sheath, and make a short sliding
knot, to bind the loop.
First Aid Case
This First Aid Case may be made
with or without Shoulder Straps.
After the parts are cut out and the
holes punched, the crease lines must be
marked and pounded on the body cut
out as directed in the Axe Sheath.
The first step in the construction is to
lace on the "Dee" loops on the gusset
cut-outs. Lace the waist belt loop on
the body cut-out, then lace in the gussets,
using the "over and over corner stitch."
Point both ends of the lace and starting
the lacing at the middle or rounded end.
Work both ends of each alternately After
a few stitches leave this gusset and
start the other in the same manner al-
ternating from one to the other until
js i f the top is reached.
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