Bare essentials kit in new G2 sheath

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Not that Gary's work needs any introduction to this group, but here's two pics he took of the sheath he recently completed for me.

The black leather sheath incorporates the bare essentials for a hike in the wilderness: a Strider AR folder, an EZ-Lap Pocket M diamond-coated rod sharpener, and a magnesium firestarter bar.
 

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Here's a pic of the backside of the sheath, which shows the whereabout of the magnesium bar:
 

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It rides upright. The very flat magnesium bar rides between the belt and pants, if I understand Gary's concept correctly. Here is another pic with labels to clarify how it works:

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Thanks Ron, that was a sucker to make and MAN what a folder! Tank is putting it mildly! and she was pretty sharp as well!

You are correct sir, the belt rides between the fire starter and the main housing of the knife, the entire back side is actually the belt loop itself, glued and stitched along the bottom, Ron your blue line is pointing to the stitched seam of the fire starter for the belt loop, it's actually more to the right side of that, the line along the sharpener well...and the entire rig hangs vertical on to the belt.

The bulk of the sheath is all one piece which is fun to try and form and make work right and keep things tight.

At first Ron wanted just the Sharpener alongside. The box arrived with that fire starter and a note asking to include it as well....joy...:)

I looked over several options and decided that back placement was more or less ideal with it being as wide as it is, in that you don't use it frequently anyways and mounting on the front would make the knife sheath section not as conforming to the knife, which snaps into place nicely, given the curve of the back of the blade into the sheath. Overall she's a bit to carry but if you were headed out into who knows what, you'll not worry about that too much!

G2
 
Hey Gary-

If you get orders for this style of knife sheath (which I'm guessing you might now), mind if we call it the "RW Scout"?
 
Originally posted by guncollector
Hey Gary-

If you get orders for this style of knife sheath (which I'm guessing you might now), mind if we call it the "RW Scout"?
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That we can do, not looking to do a bunch of them right away! That was a rascal to fit up as snug as she came out...:D

And thanks Chad...;)

G2
 
I'm not much of a leather sheath guy, but one of those could change my mind.

Gary and Ron, excellent design and execution. Gary, if you end up making more of these, please put me on your contact list.

S.
 
I'm just curious, but since the knife has a clip, why not take it off if you're going to put it in a sheath? That way, the sheath can fit even a little better. Alternatively, you could put the knife into the sheath with the clip on the outside (clipped on as it were), letting you keep the clip in place and better form-fit the sheath at the same time?
 
Originally posted by matthew rapaport
I'm just curious, but since the knife has a clip, why not take it off if you're going to put it in a sheath? That way, the sheath can fit even a little better. Alternatively, you could put the knife into the sheath with the clip on the outside (clipped on as it were), letting you keep the clip in place and better form-fit the sheath at the same time?
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Good question, one of the first things I remarked about was losing the clip, but there are occasions that Ron likes to just take and clip the knife in his waist band, so why lose that availability, but he finally gave his permission to remove it to make it fit better, BUT being that I didn't want to have him lose that part, I formed the sheath to allow the clip to remain. The fit up or retention is relying MORE on the perimeter of the knife as opposed to the thickness of the knife, so it holds very well...

and as to the idea of having the clip on the outside of the sheath, well you could do that, but having it kept within the sheath protects those things that you may rub up against, ever snag a clip along something? Not a pleasant thing to hear, so keeping the clip within the sheath you have the sheath acting as a barrier to those things with paint that can be scratched too easily...hope this explains some of the reasoning for this layout, it took a while to form/shape and maintain to keep this together...:)

G2
 
Hi Gary... You have a good point about the clip on the outside of the sheath. Would be even more prone to doing damage that way thanks to it being stuck further out than it would be on a belt. I'm not criticizing your layout at all. You gotta do what the customer wants. Personally, I'd rather decide between sheath carry and clip carry and optimize for one or the other. Since the clip can be re-attached, I'd still have the option to carry by clip another time...

Personally, I like clips and clip carry, but I could see a market for a custom utility sheath that carried all the other stuff <i>other than</i> the knife. Sharpening rod, firestarter, maybe water purification tabs, a garbage bag, fishing/snare line, hidden money, etc. An interesting possibility perhaps...
 
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You know, as Gary said, I had told him he could nuke the clip if he wanted/needed to in order to make the design work.

But, I must say I'm glad he retained it, as I know if he hadn't I would never have re-installed the clip. And, as he states, retention is just fine with the clip in place--so its the best of both worlds IMO.

The beauty of incorporating the sharpener and mag bar into the design, is you'll carry them without second thought.
 
Originally posted by matthew rapaport
...I'm not criticizing your layout at all...
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Never took it that way at all, really appreciate the question! Gave me the opportunity to explain some things that go on inside this noggin of mine ;D

Originally posted by matthew rapaport
...but I could see a market for a custom utility sheath that carried all the other stuff <i>other than</i> the knife. Sharpening rod, firestarter, maybe water purification tabs, a garbage bag, fishing/snare line, hidden money, etc. An interesting possibility perhaps...
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A possiblility for sure, but I've always thought those were softer type pouches but for some things they would benefit from a nice sheath/pouch. Good idea!

Originally posted by matthew rapaport
...Personally, I like clips and clip carry...
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I like some clips myself, for only the reason that I can carry more knives at any given time! Usually have one clipped in my front right pocket and a knife on the belt and others in other pockets as well so I also clip it, but I've bumped against stuff with clips and always cringe at the sound, usually it was from my E1 Surefire clip scraping on a chair at home! The wife really doesn't like that too much!!!

G2
 
This looks like a very well thought out concept!

You could modify it for urban carry by replacing the sharpener pocket with one suitable for a [insert favorite EDC flashlight here] and you could carry safety pins, a few bucks or something like that in the pocket between the belt and the pants.
 
Gary-

No offense to your picture-taking ability, but I just shot two of my own, and though I'd share'em with the group.

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No offense taken, as they were not photographed but just layed on my flat bed scanner an scanned away, I do that so people get an idea of what's heading their way, those pics are nice that you did! Really shows the sheath nicely...and I take it that it arrived safely then ;)

The sharpener has knurling and so it's a tight fit, which is a good thing, to remove you twist as you pull out and she comes right out but if you turn the sheath upside down, neither the knife/sharpener or the fire starter want to fall out...

Thanks Ron!
G2
 
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