Thread: Leather Razor Pouches

I build pouches for my razors out of scrap leather. A tip for making stitch holes: Use a Paint Brush Comb to make the holes! Tine spacing is perfect for stitch pattern and if sharpened some with a hone, they will pierce 2 layers of leather! Pre-punched holes make it so much easier to push needles and the hem is straight and neat. Paint Brush Combs cost about $7 and can be bought anywhere good paint brushes are sold. Stay healthy, RRR

That's a great tip and I will be looking around for one of those now. I've never seen one before. What thickness of leather are you punching through with that?

Currently I use 'roo hide for my own razor pouches, and that is easily sewn using a sewing machine and turning the wheel by hand with some power assist from the machine if possible.
Then there is always the trusty old awl for slightly heavier leather, and that is where I would imagine your tip would be best, followed by either the awl and a lot of elbow grease or the drill press for serious work.


Mick

Thanks very much for the tip! I have been dabbling with leather sheaths and the tool shown will hopefully make my work easier and speedier.

MickR, I use approx. 1/16" soft leather. Good sources are flea markets and thrift shops for ladies' handbags. They can be had for sometimes less than $1 and they are made from soft and fancy leather. After I sharpened the comb I am able to press by hand all the way through two layers. I use a rocking motion with pressure and have a wood plank for an anvil to press into. The layers can be worked amongst the tines to make decisive holes all the way through.

The pouches are simple matters of just folding leather over the razors and stitching along the open side. Each pouch is custom fit to each individual razor-a form fit. The ends are left open so that no moisture is trapped inside the pouch. Once the razor is slipped inside the pouch, it stays put until it needs to be maneuvered up and out of the pouch.

I started doing this because I like to carry a razor or two whenever we go to social events. Razors are indeed conversation pieces. I have spread "straightrazorology" around on many occasions. This is indeed a fun interest/hobby/passion/obsession!...

Pouch 'Em, Robert

If you whipped a razor out at a social event here you'd be arrested I reckon!

I would do something like that if I thought I could though.

You should try out some 'roo hide if you can get your hands on some from a Tandy store or something. Ask them for grade one veg tanned with a tallow finish rather than a chrome tanned. It's thin, but would be a little stiffer than what I imagine you get from old handbags and such. I made my own pouches in a similar style to yours by the sound of it, but mine are just rough and ready. I don't bother with fancy for my own use and have little imagination for it at the bst of times. I just resign myself to admiring and buying the work of more talented people.


Mick

These are some of my very early pouches. The larger one was made from a ladies' belt bought for $.50 at a thrift store. The same stitch holes used as from factory. The smaller one is like I make them now. A Paint Brush Comb was not used to layout the stitch holes. They are not straight and do not look neat. I use two needle stitching and rub paraffin on the strings to keep them from tangling and to keep friction minimized.

My Wife makes mine for me, she does a lot of other things as well.
Working on turning her hobby/passion into a .com storefront right now should be up and running early next year.





I should put her work in a photo album somewhere, maybe flikr.

Now THOSE are Pouches! Even a chipped out toolbox scraper would look good in one of those magnificent creations. Splendid work. You are a lucky husband. Keep her and be nice always. And I thought I was lucky for having a wife who allows me to hone razors at the dining table and tolerates me packing razors to Sunday School functions!...

Very nice ENUF2, This is the only veg tanned pouch I've made. I've made others from chrome tanned.

That's it!...I shall change the name of what I have built for my razors. From now on instead of "pouches", my cobbled contraptions will be called "SLEEVES".

Man, I did not realize how crude I live. You all have made some really nice pouches. Good work. My quick and dirty methods need to change.

Nice creations that are functional as well. I am motivated to do better-or at least not showcase `Stone Age'. This is all a lot of fun. Thanks for being here, Robert