Bike Tube Leatherman Sheath

My favorite tool is my 20-year-old Leatherman Pulse, bought in San Fransico as a student. For years I had it in the original Leatherman sheath, the one in fabric. But I wanted to have it horizontally in my belt. After a bit of testing, I came up with this idea, using old bike tubes. They are flexible and easy to work with. And as you'll see, easy to assemble. Here we go:

You need the right size tube. I've collected tubes for a while so I found two. 1 for the inner case to hold the Leatherman and the second to be the outer sleeve for the belt. I used a round metal plate to serve as my cutting guide (the dimensions for this guide depends on your knife size).

For the outer tube, you need to make one cut for the belt to pass through. Make two holes where the cut starts and ends to prevent a tear. Use a small piece of wood when cutting through the tube, slide it inside the tube.

For the Leatherman to stay in the sleeve you must close up one end. Make sure the needle is ok with piercing through 4 layers of tube. Choose a thread color and hit the pedal on your sewing machine. Make a few passes back and forth, almost done!

Final steal ready! Position your fold so it covers the opening, make a hole and attach the button. Since the Leatherman is magnetic I've used a strong rare earth neodymium magnet with a hole in it. It attaches really well to my tool. Click, you're done!

I'm really happy with my bike tube Leatherman sheath. If you have a suggestion to doing it differently please let me know. I'd also love to see more uses of old bike tubes.

Cheers!

PS I have of course watched Jimmy and Adam's Leatherman sheath videos, but mine is better:-)

Magnets
https://www.ebay.com/itm/10pcs-Strong-Neodymium-Ma...

Buttons
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Heavy-duty-Poppers-Snap...