Aviator in brown leather sheath?

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[/IMG]I was cleaning up my new purchase .An original Aviator and first pattern sheath. The leather appears to be brown leather dyed black. Does anyone know anything about this . I thought ALL sheaths were black ,perhaps brown was used to fill an order:)
 
I have seen Chris Reeve Knife Sheaths in brown leather. They are genuine CRK sheaths from Gfeller. I do not have any personally, but have seen them, I think there is a pic of one in the one piece knife pics. The ones I saw were a lighter brown and were in new condition, and not altered in anyway. They were stamped with CRK just like the black ones, the only difference was the color. The ones I have seen were for a shadow IV.
 
Thanks for the answers . The sheath appears not to have been on a belt or tied to webbing .So it looks like, being an early model, Chris has used brown leather at times.
 
Not a Gfeller, theirs are always stamped and I think used eyelets from the start (may have used rivets briefly as they took over production), is there a makers stamp? Before Gfeller, I believe El Paso Saddlery made sheaths for Chris for a time, and I think he also made his own in the early years. That looks like they dye didn’t take in places, it may have been dyed after the fact, maybe by a prior owner.

Todd
 
From my perspective and the trace of cord showing in the picture that appears to be a South African era Aviator. I own three of them from that era ranging in Serial Numbers from the 100's through the 300's and the dye lots on the sheaths are closer to the browns than the blacks. Your sheath is correct for the early knives prior to Chris and Anne coming to the States. The paracord is more purple than black on the early South African knives as well. Look at your knife, see if it has a number, is stamped Made in South Africa, and has a hexagonal rather than the knurled end cap. I would wager that it has all of those attributes.
 
Raindrop said:
From my perspective and the trace of cord showing in the picture that appears to be a South African era Aviator. I own three of them from that era ranging in Serial Numbers from the 100's through the 300's and the dye lots on the sheaths are closer to the browns than the blacks. Your sheath is correct for the early knives prior to Chris and Anne coming to the States. The paracord is more purple than black on the early South African knives as well. Look at your knife, see if it has a number, is stamped Made in South Africa, and has a hexagonal rather than the knurled end cap. I would wager that it has all of those attributes.
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It has the hex. cap. The only marks on the blade is CR on one side and the #131 on the other ,nothing else:thumbup:If the sheath was made by Chris thats even better.
 
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