Sheathmaking
Here are some examples of sheaths I have made. All my
sheaths are constructed of vegetable tanned 8-9 oz cow
hide I purchase from a local tannery, saddle-stitched
by hand with 5 and 7 cord linen thread and
treated with a warm beeswax and neatsfoot oil
formula.
For more details on how I make sheaths, read my sheathmaking tutorial.
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This is a standard slab sheath I constructed for a
large bowie I made. This is an older sheath I made
from chrome tanned hide which I don't use anymore.
Chrome tanned leather is harder to decorate and wet
form, plus I like the lighter color that the vegie
tanned leather turns to when I oil it. I designed and
made the tool I used to make the pattern in the center
of the front of the sheath. This sheath features a
brass stud for the keeper strap instead of a snap. It
is a heavy sheath for a heavy knife.
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This is a typical pouch sheath I made for a large drop
point knife I made. I tend to keep my sheaths
uncomplicated with only a little tooling for
decoration. Beauty in simplicity.
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Another pouch sheath, slightly different for a smaller
integral-guard knife I made.
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This is a sheath I designed for the ulus I make. I
had a lot of fun figuring this one out and I think the
design is a sound, and attractive, one. This
particular sheath has no belt loop, but it would not
be hard to add one.
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Randall sheath, but with a short ceramic rod instead
of a stone. This one was made to fit a Cold Steel
Bushman (it also fits my modified Ka-bar or "Kar-Bar"
quite well). It uses a section of 550 paracord as the
keeper. I am not a big fan of keeper straps (like I
have on the big bowie sheath above), as they often get
cut off and can be hard to replace, but some knives
really need them, mainly those with double guards. If
I had to have a keeper strap I would use this design,
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Here is a custom sheath for an older Al Mar SOG style bowie. I patterned it after the sheaths that come with Randall knives, per the customer request.
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This is one of my prototypes for a crossdraw sheath.
I need to get back to work on the design for one; it
is a very handy way to carry a fixed blade, especially
if you are in and out of a vehicle and don't enjoy
replacing your seat upholstery every couple of weeks. |
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