www.PirtleMade.com
Biography
Back around 2000 I started making Kydex sheaths for
resale which expanded into leather working, blacksmithing, knife making and
holster making. After the 2008 election I spent the vast majority of my time
making pistol holsters for the booming firearms market.
In October 2013 after 18 years of marriage my wife and I adopted a newborn baby girl. We had about 5 weeks notice from the time we found out until she was born. I immediately stopped taking new orders and put my business on hold so I could focus on building our new family. I have never regretted that decision but those of you who make things for a living or hobby know it's never truly out of your blood. I kept making leather gear and the occasional knife for personal use and have had plenty of honey-do's to keep me busy in the shop, but have wanted to get back to making things for others as well.
Now that the baby is older and we've settled into our routine, I have a little more time on my hands. It's still tough to be separated from the family and impossible to do while my wife travels, so I have relocated my leather working studio from the shop to the house. I will be focusing on my first love, knives, and my passion for Busse knives in particular. There are a lot of great Busse's out there and they all deserve a great sheath. For the foreseeable future I will be making ready to ship sheaths from my fairly extensive collection of Busse knives. They will be posted on Bladeforums.com as they are available. I hope to be in a position to take orders again in the future, stay tuned!
Construction Quality
All of my sheaths are hand cut from the finest American harvested and tanned hides from Wickett & Craig or Hermann Oak. The glove leather I use is the best quality you can buy from Italy and my exotic skins come from only reputable certified importers, with serial numbers that can be traced back to their origin when required.
Pirtlemade sheaths are custom fit directly to the knives they are intended to carry, then wet molded and embossed for a perfect fit. All of my edges are hand boned and polished in a 3 part process and only colored with oil based dye. I never use paint on edge coating products that eventually chip and wear away. My process is physical and time consuming but the edges of my sheaths will look great for many years to come.
All steps of the construction process are taken with the intent of creating the best handmade product I can for your knife.
If you buy one of my sheaths and are not satisfied with it for any reason you can return it for a full refund.
Click here to see the knives I currently own or have on order.
Click here to see previously sold sheaths