All About Pocket Knives

For those who do leather work I suspect you all know or even use a stitching pony. For those who aren't familar a stitching pony is a clamp that holds your leather while you stitch or lace it.

I have wanted one for a while and finally got around to making one. Thanks to my Father we designed the clamping system a bit different and used a non hinged jaw with a eccentric to hold it shut. The bolt through the eccentric has a nut with a handle on the end to tighten the eccentric so it cant slip. The clamp is designed to turn 360 degrees also . It rides on a plastic washer and held with spring tension on a bolt with nuts.

Figured u all might like a look at a useful tool in the leather shop. Happy Making

Ross

Very nice Ross. Great looking build. Excellent woodworking.

Very nicely done! It’s beautiful now and looks like it will stand the test of time.

Tony_Wood wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 8:40 am Very nice Ross. Great looking build. Excellent woodworking.

Thanks Tony.

eveled wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 9:06 am Very nicely done! It’s beautiful now and looks like it will stand the test of time.

Appreciate that and I sure hope so

Great talent, in that build!

Very nice.

Doc B wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 1:51 pm Great talent, in that build!

Not sure about talent but I'll take the compliment. There was a lot of head scratching and some cursing and a lot of stubbornness for sure.

zzyzzogeton wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 2:38 pm Very nice.

Thanks

Impressive craftsmanship for both the woodwork and the mechanics.

Decided I wanted a cushion. So dug around the shop and found some stuff and made one.

Here's a in use shot I laced a sheath on it tonight.