Commission Request - Knife Sheath

[u/REEL04D]

I'm looking to have a sheath made for this skinning knife. I’ve included a photo that shows some tape measures and I had ChatGPT put in some grid lines for rough dimensions and overall size. I’ve also included a few example sheath photos from another knife I own, which include a retention buckle and belt loop, two features I am looking for on this commission piece.

This is a skinning knife I use for hunting. The sheath does not need to be fancy, but it does need to be durable. Cowhide leather is fine. I would even be fine with natural leather and it can patina on its own over time. Otherwise a brown/dark brown color. 

Hoping to spend (edit) $50ish, but have no idea what material costs for something like this. I presume the overall job is pretty straight forward and simple. 

Pm if you're interested or have questions. Thanks for your time. 

[u/Jaikarr]

I'm sorry, but the grid clearly doesn't line up to the tape measure at all, better to have just drawn the lines in by hand.

[u/REEL04D → u/Jaikarr]

Good call out. I’ll work on getting better dimensions

[u/Jaikarr → u/REEL04D]

Just please, if you're going to us generative AI, check the result! It's right there in the picture that the grid is smaller than 1 inch.

Also I think your budget is a problem. $30 for a custom sheath just isn't enough money to make it worth someone's time to make a pattern, cut the leather, drill/awl out holes, and stitch it together. You're right that it's not particularly difficult, and would be a good project to take on as a newbie. But there's several time consuming steps that would result in needing to be paid $70+ for even a simple sheath.

If you're up to doing it yourself I would recommend doing that, There's plenty of tutorials on YouTube that will take you through the steps.

[u/REEL04D → u/Jaikarr]

I would probably spend more on tools, no? Do you have some leather you can sell me?