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I cut the leather with a razor and then a light sand because there was a few leather strands lift and I didn't want to use the razor again.

Lol, I made them to match the original Spike scales.

Thanks for the comments. I waterproofed the leather by rubbing lanolin into them, transfers a little to the steel which protects it also.

I went ahead and treated the leather with lanolin to waterproof it. It made it a little darker too, it looks nice. The soaked in lanolin also gets on the blade when it is closed so it protects the...

Good idea, I'll try it.

I have done other projects in leather and sanding it is risky. The original Spike scales weren't rounded so I figured I would keep in line with the original scales.

Actually if it gets some water splashed on it, the leather will harden up even more and it will add interesting stains and coloration to the scales.
I obviously thought about this before I made them...

LOL, I hope you aren't expecting something kinky in this thread. I got a Spike razor in a package deal that's in rough shape so I sanded and smoothed out the tange and went straight to making some...