Biltong in a Kerambit sheath

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Tinkering with odds & ends in the workshop AKA,"The Hole", last night. Pulled out the kerambit & biltong to give them some attention. Kerambit has a loose sheath & the biltong has a silver/velvet sheath with no belt loop. Serendipity!! Sheath & all, the biltong is a tight fit in the kerambit sheath, looks decent too. Now I have to develop my leathercrafting skills & make something tacticool & stylish for the kerambit.
Uplander
 
Try to search here: Dan Koster once posted the plans for a HI Kerambit leather sheath.
 
Done found Dan's design & intend to make a copy. Just need to practice. Just finished stitching together a scabbard for a mutant skinning knife I've been filing around on. Both are kinda crude but I had to crawl before I could walk.
 
Dan made a karambit sheath for me to be worn back right hand...its just such a great sheath. If you find the thread I think the pic is the one he made for me.
 
yup, the small kukhri is called a biltong because the south africans order a lot of them to cut their biltong jerky with, the small size and shape are apparently favoured for this.

biltong is made from a variety of antelope as well as beef (the beef version is cheaper but not as good) and is a good source of extra income for a lot of the population - they are as jealous of their recipe for the spices used as texans are of their chili recipes....

google for more info (and some recipes, try making your own!). it's generally made up in fairly hefty chunks and a knife is used to cut it into bite sized pieces as you dine.
 
The type of biltong I ate a lot of was made by cutting the meat in strips about as big around as your thumb, no seasonings, hanging it in the sun on the branches of a bush, draping everything with a mosquito net. When it got to be brown about 1/3 of the way thru with a purple center it was ready. I'd eat a couple pounds a day when I could get it.
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