Best carry option for a handle heavy knife

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Happy new year everyone! I'm still at the stage of trying to work out my formula for the ideal carry option for various types of blades. The current one that I am stuck on is a mid sized grip heavy knife. So ~7 inch blade that has a heavier balance biased towards the handle either due to the use of pommel, bolsters or simply due to the lack of skeletonisation of the tang. I tried to do a horizontal carry but that made the carrying rather uncomfortable due to the tendency for the weight of the grip to tug the belt down. I am starting to think that for this particular type of knife it may be best to do a drop sheaths but are there any other comfortable carry options available for this particular type of knife?

Thank you very much for your help! :)
 
This might work:

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Thank you Dave :)

So you've gone around the weight issue by putting the belt hole high up so it supports the handle using the belt. That's a really clever way to go around the issue... Thank you again I'll give that a go for my next sheath! :)
 
This sheath has been doing daily rough duty for acoupe of years now from Alaska to Nevada. Still going stong. The owner did tell me it was about a 2 month break in period as I used 8-10 oz leather due to the size of the knife and also I knew it would be well used. You're welcome!
 
Actually that reminds me I need to buy some 12 oz latigo leather for the more robust projects! Thanks for your help again! :)
 
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