I still have a very clear memory of him meticulously cutting each "V" in the leather with the tip of his CASE 6165L by campfire light, using a cut-butt oak stump for the table, as he talked of the Pacific at age 17 during '44-'45.......& only looking up to sip clear, cold, sweet "H2O"out of a pint Mason jar. And the wear, deer/gobbler/?? blood, sweat, mud & whatever else of 35+ years make it look like it does today. Pretty easy style to duplicate.......:-).....